One in five Kentucky households delay or forgo medical care because of the cost, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll, take...
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How to stay safe in bitterly cold weather-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services news release With zero to sub-zero temperatures predicted later this week around the state...
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Ambulances report fewer overdose calls, say trend is partly due to availability of drug antidote Narcan and increased use of meth-HEALTHYLIVE
Your local ambulances may be getting fewer calls for drug overdoses, but that doesn't necessarily mean that your local drug problems a...
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Struggling with addiction, or know someone who is? Here is expert advice for finding quality treatment-HEALTHYLIVE
By Anne M. Herron Acting director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...
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Managed-care organizations and state legislators do another Groundhog Day routine, but big changes might be coming-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Medicaid managed care organizations and others in the health-insurance industry...
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Fewer Kentuckians worry about losing health insurance, and more of them are covered by employer-sponsored plans, poll finds-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News About 90 percent of Kentucky adults have health insurance and fewer of them are worrying that the...
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Health providers give parent-education campaigns credit for big decline in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Kentucky-HEALTHYLIVE
WLKY-TV: https://www.wlky.com/article/latest-statistics-show-a-statewide-decline-in-sudden-infant-death-syndrome/26028866 from Kentucky...
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KentuckyOne Health in Central and Eastern Kentucky reverts name to Saint Joseph and adds 'CHI' to reflect parent firm-HEALTHYLIVE
The nine hospitals and associated facilities in Central and Eastern Kentucky that have borne the name KentuckyOne Health since 2012 have be...
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Is this the year Ky. lawmakers throw tobacco and e-cigarettes out of schools? Advocates see more hope, and rally for their bill-HEALTHYLIVE
Rep. Kim Moser spoke at the tobacco-free-schools rally. (Photo by Charles Bertram, Lexington Herald-Leader) At a Jan. 22 rally i...
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Counties where drug makers did more marketing had higher rates of overdoses from prescription painkillers, national study finds-HEALTHYLIVE
Counties where doctors got more attention and favors from drug manufacturers were more likely to have a higher rate of overdoses from pres...
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Federal shutdown slows lawsuit against state Medicaid changes-HEALTHYLIVE
The partial shutdown of the federal government has slowed the lawsuit challenging Gov. Matt Bevin's plan to revamp Kentucky's Medica...
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University of Louisville in talks with Nashville hospital firm to partner in purchasing Jewish Hospital and its affiliates-HEALTHYLIVE
Jewish Hospital casts a shadow across Louisville's Interstate 65. University Hospital is to the east. (Google Maps image, lookin...
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Lexington Herald-Leader wins grant for reporter to cover health and social services, monitor big state agency that handles them-HEALTHYLIVE
The Lexington Herald-Leader has won a grant to hire a reporter to cover health and social services in Kentucky, with special attention to t...
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Most Ky. adults for statewide smoking ban and raising legal age to buy tobacco to 21, but movement unlikely soon on either issue-HEALTHYLIVE
A majority of Kentucky adults continue to support a comprehensive statewide smoke-free law and favor raising the legal age to buy tobacco pr...
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UK removes dean who was defendant in suit ending in payment of $620,000 to professor who objected to Bevin's Medicaid plan-HEALTHYLIVE
Foundation for a Healthy Ky. adds 28 new members to its Community Advisory Council, most from Friedell Committee-HEALTHYLIVE
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has added 28 new members to its Community Advisory Council, bringing its total up to 49. Of the new...
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16 Kentuckians on Medicaid sue Trump administration again over re-approved Medicaid program, say it still violates federal law-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's new Medicaid program, which includes controversial work and community engagement r...
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Kentucky abortion-bill backers hope their measures might lead the U.S. Supreme Court to end legalized abortion-HEALTHYLIVE
State Sen. Damon Thayer (Northern Kentucky Tribune photo) Kentucky legislators' recent filing of anti-abortion bills isn'...
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Study finds that mothers who smoke during pregnancy could increase the liklihood that their kids will become obese -HEALTHYLIVE
Mothers who smoke during pregnancy could increase the likelihood that their child will be obese later in life, a University of Kentucky st...
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Flu numbers jumped 65% in first week of year; about half of cases are children; several months left in flus season, so get your shot-HEALTHYLIVE
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The number of influenza cases confirmed in Kentucky rose by 65 percent in the first week of 2019, adding...
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Chain that robbed Fulton of its hospital continues to abandon small towns, says it's no longer a rural hospital company-HEALTHYLIVE
In politics, if you want to know where things are coming from and where they are headed, one maxim is to "follow the money." That ...
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Bill would make Ky. 34th state to legalize medical marijuana, with lots of rules; lack of research remains obstacle for Senate leader-HEALTHYLIVE
Lawmakers announced their introduction of a bill to legalize marijuana for medical purposes on Jan. 9. (WDRB image) Kentucky l...
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