Month: August 2016
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Program to double purchasing power of federal nutrition programs at Kentucky farmers’ markets expands; now at 27 locations
Kentuckians receiving government nutritional assistance can double their spending power, up to $10 a day, if they shop at one of 25 local farmers’ markets or two Fresh Stops Markets...
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Ratings of hospitals may contradict their advertising, prompt low scorers to improve, health-care journalist says
Hospital rankings have been making news. Most recently, U.S. News and World Report ranked more than 5,000 U.S. hospitals and most in Kentucky. But the bigger news were the Centers...
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Study finds 2 new probable carcinogens in e-cigarette vapor; study author says there is no such thing as a healthy e-cigarette
ConsumerReports.org A recent study has detected two probable carcinogens never before detected in the vapor of electronic cigarettes, lending further support to the argument that they are not a healthy...
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August is National Immunization Awareness Month; as students head back to school, make sure their vaccines are up to date
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, which is meant to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages, but is especially relevant to students as they head back...
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U.S. News and World Report rankings include five Kentucky hospitals; UK ranked No.1, followed by Baptist Health Louisville
U.S. News and World Report‘s annual Best Hospitals Rankings have five of Kentucky hospitals meeting the “high U.S. News standards” and ranked regionally. UK Albert B.Chandler Hospital Those hospitals were,...
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Feds drop advice to floss after finding scant scientific evidence that it helps, but dentists still recommend it as ‘low cost, low risk’
A flossing demonstration (Associated Press photo: Julio Cortez) Flossing might help you have better oral health. But there’s no proof of it, despite decades of recommendations by dental experts, the...
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Many Kentuckians have hepatitis C and don’t know it, but die from it; if you were born in 1945-65 you should get tested for it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the highest rate of hepatitis C infection in the nation, and many who have it don’t know they are infected and could...
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Kentucky Rural Health Association’s annual conference to be held Aug. 25-26 in Bowling Green
The 18th annual Kentucky Rural Health Association‘s annual conference will be held Aug. 25 and 26 in Bowling Green. Matt Jones, a three-time cancer survivor, author and motivational speaker, will...
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UK gets $2.8 million grant for Rural Health Research Center; will study health-care access in poor, rural U.S., including Appalachia
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has received a $2.8 million competitive grant to establish a Rural Health Research Center that will focus on access to...
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Health insurers get almost all of the rate hikes they requested for plans on exchange; some get more than they asked for
The state Department of Insurance has largely approved the rate increases that health-insurance companies requested for individual and small-group plans that will be sold through the federal health-insurance exchange for...