Month: April 2015
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As income taxes are filed, half who got Obamacare subsidy will have to pay part of it back; almost as many will get a refund
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week will go down in history as the first time the Internal Revenue Service enforced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s tax...
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Electronic cigarettes are ‘high on every school system’s radar right now,’ Western Ky. school official tells Henderson newspaper
This story has been updated to reflect recent data about teens and e-cigarette use. School officials in northwestern Kentucky are trying deal with an increase in the use of electronic...
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Crittenden County Elementary School is latest school in area to restrict nuts to protect the health of those with nut allergies
This story has been updated to include information about other Western Kentucky schools with nut restrictions. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a lunchbox staple for many American children, but...
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Heart attacks are leading cause of death while on the job in Kentucky; being struck by objects is No. 2, and falling is No. 3
Heart attacks are the number one killer of Kentuckians who die on the job, according to a study conducted by the state Labor Cabinet. The study found that in the...
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Event at UK library features discussion of Kentucky food traditions, how they are changing and how to capitalize on them
Story and photo by Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Local food experts gathered at the University of Kentucky April 9 to discuss how Kentucky food tradition is changing and how...
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Most Kentuckians don’t think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers’ rates
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By a very small margin, Kentuckians think insurance rates should be higher for smokers if the insurance company provides a free smoking cessation program,...
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Tennessee churches encourage healthier living
Sulphur Wells Church of Christ in Henry County, Tennessee, a few miles away from Paris, Ky., is challenging people to eat and think healthier, Amber Hall reports for Public Radio International. Bob...
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Baby is born on Interstate 65 in Louisville during traffic blockage for President Obama’s motorcade; father, nurse tell story
Nurse and EMT worker and baby Photo from Floyd MemorialHospital Facebook page A baby boy was born along Interstate 65 April 2 in Louisville because the road was closed for...
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Living in a community with high income inequality is bad for your health, study says, and much of Ky. is high in inequality
A study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that not only factors such as smoking and crime rate but also income inequality influenced lifespan, Margot Sanger-Katz...
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Higher-income Kentuckians’ reported health keeps declining; reports from those with lower incomes go up, marginally
A statewide poll again finds that Kentuckians with higher incomes consider themselves in better health than those with lower incomes. The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll, taken Oct. 8 through...