Month: June 2022
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Beshear appoints panel to advise him on how to make medical cannabis available; it will meet Monday, June 20, in Frankfort
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed a committee to advise him on how to provide access to medical cannabis for Kentuckians suffering from chronic pain...
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CDC says the Covid-19 risk level is high in 19 Kentucky counties and medium in 29; transmission levels are high in 111 counties
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s federal Covid-19 community levels map shows a slightly increased...
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Ky. health-system performance ranked 41st, Covid-19 response 49th; highest hospitalization rate, relatively low vaccination rate
Chart from 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, The Commonwealth Fund —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 41st among the states and Washington, D.C. in the...
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Cameron sues state health cabinet, saying it’s failed to implement parts of new anti-abortion law; cabinet calls it a political stunt
Atty. Gen. Daniel Cameron —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has filed suit against Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration, saying it is failing to implement parts...
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Study could help Type 2 diabetics who have high blood pressure that doesn’t keep the normal rhythm of falling at nightStudy could help Type 2 diabetics who have high blood pressure that doesn’t keep the normal rhythm of falling at night
If you’re a Type 2 diabetic and have a problem with high blood pressure at night, you might be able to control it by limiting your eating to to a...
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Kentucky’s Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations keep rising, somewhat steeply, but the positive-test rate is slightly lower
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While coronavirus cases and Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky went up last...
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Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky rose nearly 15% last year; fentanyl involved in 73% of deaths, methamphetamine in 48%
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 14.6 percent in Kentucky in 2021, according to the state’s annual report released Monday. “The drug epidemic is not a Kentucky...
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Kentucky’s Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations keep rising, somewhat steeply, but the positive-test rate is slightly lower
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While coronavirus cases and Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky went up last week, at much the same acceleration as the week before, the share of...
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Sons of smokers may be more prone to addiction-like behaviors, memory problems and anxiety, study says
If you’re a parent who smokes, your sons may be more susceptible to addiction-related symptoms, memory problems and anxiety, says a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The study is another...
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Kentucky’s intensive-care units will give new parents insurer-funded kits so new parents can learn how to give CPR to infants
The Kentuckiana American Heart Association and the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the association for companies selling and managing health insurance in the state, and have introduced a new initiative to equip thousands...