By John Winn Miller Republished from the Lexington Herald-Leader Americans will always be at loggerheads about health-care reform until...
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Syringe exchanges and drug therapy can quash 3/4 of hepatitis C cases; the rest need fewer barriers to treatment, experts say-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in new infections of hepatitis C, a liver disease now mainly driven by ...
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Foiled again, Republicans in Washington are divided about whether to keep trying to pass a health-insurance bill-HEALTHYLIVE
Pence, McConnell and Trump in happier days ( Getty Images ) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After his last-ditch attempt to p...
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FDA delays rules that would restrict electronic cigarettes, and suggests it might endorse them as an aid to stop smoking-HEALTHYLIVE
"Electronic-cigarette makers won a major reprieve on Friday when the Food and Drug Administration delayed regulations that could have...
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McConnell files 'skinny repeal' bill; vote expected around midnight-HEALTHYLIVE
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced what has been generally dubbed his “skinny repeal” of the Patient Protection and Affordabl...
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Senators seek assurance that House won't pass the bill McConnell may ask them to pass; they want to keep talks going-HEALTHYLIVE
A stripped-down version of a health-insurance bill won't pass the Senate unless House Speaker Paul Ryan guarantees that the House will t...
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1 in 12 Ky. high-school sophomores in 2016 poll said they'd attempted suicide in previous year; prevention efforts increase-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A 2016 survey found that 8.2 percent of Kentucky's high-school sophomores – about one in 12 –...
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Paul gives McConnell his vote to open health-insurance debate, then votes against his repeal-and-replace bill; more votes coming-HEALTHYLIVE
Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and John Cornyn of Texas after the vote to start debate ( Washington Post photo by Oliver Contre...
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Annual Bost Health Policy Forum to be held in Lexington Sept. 25; focus will be on "Kentucky's Substance Use Crisis"-HEALTHYLIVE
The 2017 Howard L. Bost Health Policy Forum, "Kentucky's Substance Use Crisis: Solutions and Strategies" will have as its ke...
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Nursing professor at Pikeville moves up to dean-HEALTHYLIVE
Karen Damron Karen Damron, an associate professor in the Elliott School of Nursing at the University of Pikeville , is the new de...
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Interactive map gives estimated premiums, by age, income and county, under latest Senate health-insurance bill-HEALTHYLIVE
The fate of health-insurance legislation in the Senate remains very much up in the air , but the Kaiser Family Foundation has updated its i...
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Protesters ramp up activity against state's only remaining abortion clinic, prompting national news coverage-HEALTHYLIVE
Protesters at clinic (AP photo by Dylan Lovan) The battles over Kentucky's only remaining abortion clinic have prompted nati...
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As McConnell heads for a health-insurance vote, his path to success is narrowed and Paul remains an outlier-HEALTHYLIVE
Study: 33% of dementia cases could be prevented by avoiding certain risk factors, including 9% by reducing mid-life hearing loss-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One-third of the world's dementia cases might be prevented if people avoided nine very differ...
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Artificial sweeteners linked to long-term weight gain, higher body-mass index and greater risk of heart disease, but we don't know why-HEALTHYLIVE
Introduction to adult food can be a big turning point in a child's nutritional health; program in 22 counties helps poor get local food-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Taste preferences are established early, and that's why those early bites of ice cream matte...
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In a region ripe with nature's hidden splendor, hiking could be a way to improve the health of Central Appalachia-HEALTHYLIVE
Breathitt County Hiking Club walks the Copperas Creek Trail in the Red River Gorge. ( Outside p hoto by Josh Mauser) An Eastern...
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Owensboro Health is sixth hospital to join UK's Markey Cancer Center Research Network; will bring clinical trials to patients-HEALTHYLIVE
Patients at Owensboro Health will have easier access to clinical research studies through the hospital's new partnership with the Unive...
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Opponents dominate public hearing on Kentucky's revised proposal for changes in state Medicaid program-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Only three of the 17 Kentuckians who spoke at the final public hearing on chan...
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After fellow Republicans kill his bill, McConnell adopts an idea he had dismissed: repeal Obamacare now, replace it later-HEALTHYLIVE
Sen. Mitch McConnell (Getty Images) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News With his health-insurance bill killed by fellow Republica...
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Flood of opioid-addicted babies prompts UK, other hospitals to try a new strategy of keeping them with their mothers in the hospital-HEALTHYLIVE
Jay'la Cy'anne Clay was transferred from Richmond to the University of Kentucky hospital. (NYT photo by Ty Wright) A ...
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Opioid painkiller prescriptions are down statewide, but remain high, and some counties' rate increased from 2010 to 2015-HEALTHYLIVE
The number of Kentucky prescriptions for opioid painkillers has gone down since 2010, but "several counties remained near the top natio...
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