New York Times photo Unintentional injury is the most common cause of death in children under the age of 15; car wrecks are the...
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Nelson County starting syringe exchange on one-for-one basis -HEALTHYLIVE
Requiring "a clean needle for every dirty one . . . isn't the best practice to reduce the spread of blood-borne pathogens such as H...
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Misconception that skin color determines who will get skin cancer is dangerous, medical experts say-HEALTHYLIVE
Melanoma is often found in hard to see places that are never exposed to the sun. goldinskin.com The misconception that people wi...
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Medicaid managed-care firm WellCare funds scholarships to train more doctors, psychiatrists and advanced-practice nurses in E.Ky.-HEALTHYLIVE
WellCare of Kentucky is providing $180,000 for two new University of Kentucky scholarship programs aimed at increasing the number of prima...
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American Academy of Pediatrics says children under the age of 1 should not be given fruit juice-HEALTHYLIVE
Children who are less than a year old should not drink fruit juice because it offers them no nutritional benefit, according to new guidelin...
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Tick season is expected to be more dangerous this year; here are lots of tips to keep you protected-HEALTHYLIVE
Warm weather and outdoor activities go hand in hand, but it also mean tick season is upon us -- and it's expected to be a bad one this y...
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Organized sports provide about 20 minutes of real exercise per hour of activity; CDC says children should exercise an hour a day-HEALTHYLIVE
Wikipedia By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News We live in a world where children are more likely to participate in organi...
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State health plan provides free or low- cost diabetic meds and supplies; study finds program improves employees' health-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky.gov photo An analysis of Kentucky's state-employee health insurance plan, which provides free or reduced-cost di...
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McConnell says he still doesn't know how he will get enough votes to get an Obamacare repeal-and-replace through the Senate-HEALTHYLIVE
Mitch McConnell ( Reuters photo by Joshua Roberts) " U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he does...
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Nurse practitioners want to change law that requires them to make deals with physicians to prescribe strong painkillers-HEALTHYLIVE
Nurse practitioners Julie Gaskins, left, and Beth Partin own Family First Health in Columbia. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By M...
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This week, Sen. Mitch McConnell could start making decisions about what Senate Republicans will put in their health bill-HEALTHYLIVE
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's role in the national health debate "will come into sharp relief this week," Burgess Everett and J...
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Trump budget will include big cuts to Medicaid, maybe work rules-HEALTHYLIVE
The detailed budget that the Trump administration will release Tuesday will contain big cuts to Medicaid, reflecting the approach of the hea...
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Paul tells doctors and officials at Ashland hospital, a beneficiary of Medicaid expansion, that the country can't afford to keep it-HEALTHYLIVE
Sen. Rand Paul at the hospital. ( Daily Independent photo by Rachel Adkins) The nation can't afford to continue the expansio...
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National committee studying health impacts of surface coal mining in Central Appalachia to have first meeting in region Tuesday-HEALTHYLIVE
A national committee studying the health impacts of surface coal mining in Central Appalachia will have its first public meeting in the regi...
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Ky. is a national leader in hepatitis C, but many counties at risk shun syringe exchanges that could prevent disease oubreaks-HEALTHYLIVE
"Growing intravenous drug use by people sharing syringes to inject heroin and other substances" has helped make Kentucky a nationa...
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Study of Ind. Medicaid, proposed model for Ky., finds more than half of people missed paying a premium and thus lost coverage-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's plan to change Medicaid would require poor people to pay small, income-based premi...
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Beshear joins lawsuit to defend Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies; D.C. appeals court to consider request Monday-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and 15 of his counterparts have filed a motion aimed at ma...
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Second town in Grayson County goes smoke-free; local Population Health Committee's efforts helped-HEALTHYLIVE
Clarkson , in Grayson County ( Wikipedia map) Two of the three towns in Grayson County now have smoke-free ordinances, partly a...
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Low-income adults in Medicaid expansion in Kentucky and Arkansas report better health and medical care, study finds-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two states that expanded Medicaid through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act showed a...
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Liberal-leaning group says that if Senate passes House health bill it will be dire for rural America because it "effectively ends" Medicaid expansion-HEALTHYLIVE
Photo: businessinsider.com People who have health insurance through the Medicaid expansion are at great risk of losing their co...
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McConnell says all Senate Republicans are working on health bill, invites Democrats to join them-HEALTHYLIVE
McConnell used a graphic on the floor to drive home his point. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that all Repub...
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Rich-poor divide grows in oral health care; Kentucky ranks second in adults 65 and older who have no natural teeth-HEALTHYLIVE
The rich-poor divide is causing many impoverished rural residents to forgo oral health care, or resort to having teeth pulled rather than pa...
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