By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Since Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic was published in 2015, the autho...
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Trump seeks Paul's vote for last-ditch bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, which would cost Kentucky billions in future funds-HEALTHYLIVE
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky would be a big financial loser under Senate Republicans' last-ditch plan to repeal and repl...
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SAVE THE DATE: Friday, Nov. 10 for Covering Health: A News Workshop, in Madisonville; free of charge to all journalists-HEALTHYLIVE
On Friday, Nov. 10 in Madisonville, the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will...
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Public-health nurses from Ky. return after hurricane relief work-HEALTHYLIVE
“The Kentucky Angels,” a group of public health nurses from Kentucky, returned to the state Friday after helping victims of Hurricane Irma i...
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192-bed Prestonsburg hospital will become 12th in ARH system-HEALTHYLIVE
The hospital will become Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center. Continuing the trend of hospital consolidation, Prestonsburg-ba...
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State changes Medicaid reporting procedures to reduce burdens for providers, get better data for comparisons-HEALTHYLIVE
Dr. Mark Newman, Owensboro native, taking over at UK HealthCare from Dr. Michael Karpf, who will remain an adviser-HEALTHYLIVE
Dr. Mark Newman The University of Kentucky has a new hospital leader. Dr. Mark Newman succeeds Dr. Michael Karpf as executive vi...
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Education and updates on substance-use disorders, treatment and policy scheduled at University of Pikeville Tuesday, Oct. 3-HEALTHYLIVE
Shaping Our Appalachian Region 's Healthy Communities program and the University of Pikeville will host a substance-use disorder educati...
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In Ky, 4 people die of an overdose daily; lawmakers learn about prevention, treatment and recovery efforts at all day meeting -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- "Recovery is possible. Treatment works." That was the one consisten...
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Obamacare boosted Ky. hospitals, but bad debts are rising again due to high-deductible plans, and the law's future is uncertain-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky's expansion of Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act turned out better for the state's hospitals th...
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Two flu cases reported in Kentucky; CDC recommends everyone over 6 months old get a flu vaccination-HEALTHYLIVE
Two confirmed cases of influenza have been reported in Jefferson County, signaling the coming start of the flu season in Kentucky. The fed...
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Counties sue painkiller distributors, giving them part of the blame for the opioid epidemic that is costing taxpayers-HEALTHYLIVE
At least 19 Kentucky counties are suing wholesale distributors of pain-killing drugs, alleging that they have contributed to the state's...
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Ky.'s share of people with health insurance goes up again, giving state most-improved status, but future remains uncertain-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the third full year since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was implemented, the ...
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State panels to hold a full-day meeting on heroin and opioids-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State officials will hold what amounts to a symposium on heroin and other opioids, at an all-day ...
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Study finds SNAP not enough for healthy diet, as budget plans call for cuts in program on which Ky. is more reliant than most-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, only covers 43 to 6...
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Nonprofit hospital firm in Northern Ky. gives UK $2.5 million for scholarships for students who will attend new medical school in the region-HEALTHYLIVE
St. Elizabeth Healthcare has given the University of Kentucky $2.5 million for a tuition scholarship program at the medical school UK plan...
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Kaiser foundation sets briefing for news media on its 2017 Employer Health Benefits Survey for Tuesday, Sept. 19-HEALTHYLIVE
The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust will hold a web briefing for the news media Tuesday, Sept. 19...
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Appalachian Ky. is short of most types of health-care providers, though it has the poorest health of any region in the state-HEALTHYLIVE
Appalachian Kentucky has fewer dentists, primary-care providers and specialty physicians than the rest of the state. It has more mental-heal...
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2017 sees a sharp drop in the number of Kentucky school districts implementing 100 percent tobacco-free school policies-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Only two school districts have passed 100 percent smoke-free school policies in Kentucky this yea...
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Ky. Health Issues Poll issues regional reports; one notes local efforts to improve diet and exercise in Eastern Kentucky-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eastern Kentucky leads the state in bad health statistics, but when it comes to diet and exercise...
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Research associates painkillers with 1/5 of recent reduction in labor force; Kentucky is among the most affected states-HEALTHYLIVE
Brookings Institution map; click on it to see a much larger version. Princeton University economist Alan Krueger found in 2016 ...
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UK program that cares for addicted moms and their babies during and after pregnancy could become new model of care for nation-HEALTHYLIVE
An innovative program in Lexington that treats addicted babies, while making sure the moms aren't using drugs, has shortened hospital st...
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Hepatitis C symptoms can mimic other diseases, thwarting diagnosis; Ky. infection rate is nation's highest; screening needed-HEALTHYLIVE
With a range of symptoms that lasted for years that culminated so badly that her doctors thought she had cancer, Gail T. Wells finally found...
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Dr. Maurice Oakley, an opthalmologist from Ashland, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association-HEALTHYLIVE
Dr. Maurice Oakley Dr. Maurice Oakley, an ophthalmologist from Ashland, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association ...
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