Bosworth Todd Kentucky Health News Bosworth M. "Bos" Todd Jr., who co-founded a pathbreaking treatment center in Louis...
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Lt. Gov. Coleman reflects on her preventive double mastectomy-HEALTHYLIVE
Lt.Gov. Jacqueline Coleman (KL photo by Sarah Ladd) By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman knew fo...
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Impact of cannabis use during pregnancy is the focus of UK Cannabis Center's next online seminar, to be held Feb. 26-HEALTHYLIVE
Kelly Young-Wolff (Tyson School of Medicine photo ) The University of Kentucky Cannabis Center is sponsoring an online seminar t...
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Lesser-known health benefit of Dry January: cancer prevention-HEALTHYLIVE
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism graphic By Rachel C. Miller University of Kentucky As we begin 2024, resol...
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Ky. health-care providers lobby for bill that would ease health insurers' required prior authorization for medical procedures-HEALTHYLIVE
OPINION by health-care provider groups listed below It’s a situation all of us will find ourselves in at some point. You’re sick, or get d...
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Kentucky leads the nation in use of new class of drugs that fight diabetes and obesity; more than 2% of Kentuckians use them-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the nation's highest rate of dispensed prescriptions for a new class of diabetes and obesity medica...
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Senate passes bill to cut Medicaid managed-care firms from 6 to 3-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The nearly 1.6 million Kentuckians with managed-care Medicaid health coverage would choose from th...
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Bipartisan 'momnibus' bill aims to improve health of mothers, kids-HEALTHYLIVE
State Rep. Kim Moser, a Republican from Taylor Mill in Northern Kentucky, spoke with other female legislators at a press conference We...
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After four months of legal sports gambling, Kentucky counselors and some bettors are concerned about ease of online wagering-HEALTHYLIVE
On a recent Saturday night in the new sports-book area at The Red Mile in Lexington, traffic was light — perhaps because some gamblers...
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CHI St. Joseph Health to be new satellite site of nursing school-HEALTHYLIVE
In the foreground of the CHI St. Joseph Health campus in Lexington is the office park where the Lincoln Memorial University nursing-ed...
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This looks like the year for an epidemic of measles, the most contagious disease, which can be deadly but is very preventable-HEALTHYLIVE
New York Times chart, with CDC data, shows the risks of measles and the vaccine that prevents it. By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local...
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Seven mobile crisis-response grants allow 'better treatment, a lot quicker' for people undergoing mental-health crises-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News Seven local-government organizations are getting grants to start community crisis co-response programs, which form pa...
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UK, Asbury University announce nursing education partnership-HEALTHYLIVE
Nursing students work with IVs at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing Simulation Center. (UK photo by Shaun Ring) Asb...
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Scott County Schools to launch pilot to support bereaved children; one in nine Kentucky children lose a parent by the age of 18-HEALTHYLIVE
Scott County Schools will launch a pilot to support bereaved students with a Kentucky Association of Health Plans grant provided to t...
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Cold weather poses increased risks for heart attacks and strokes-HEALTHYLIVE
Centers for Disease Control illustration By CHI Saint Joseph Health As the temperatures drop and winter weather approaches, CHI ...
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Community leaders interested in improving community health invited to apply for Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky-HEALTHYLIVE
The program is offered by the University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard. Applications are being acce...
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'Blue Monday' is a myth, but seasonal affective disorder is not-HEALTHYLIVE
Blue Monday candy is a product of Ruth Hunt Candies of Mount Sterling. Monday, Jan. 15, is considered by some to be “ Blue Monda...
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Legislative bills would improve access to women's period products-HEALTHYLIVE
Rep. Lisa Willner speaks at a press briefing about period products. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd) By Sarah Ladd Kentucky...
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Open enrollment for federally subsidized health insurance through Kynect ends Jan. 16; enrollment is already ahead of last year's-HEALTHYLIVE
Image from Facebook By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians can still shop for and enroll in federally subsidized hea...
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