Month: December 2023
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Biden administration again delays menthol-cigarette ban as Black support for Biden drops; anti-smoking advocates push back
Kentucky Health News The Biden administration has again delayed issuing a decision to eliminate menthol cigarettes, with plans to finalize the final rule next March, according to an updated regulatory...
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Meat-heavy diet raises risk for Alzheimer’s disease, study finds, predicting U.S. cases of the disease will grow 50% by 2038
Kentucky Health News Americans’ meat-rich diets make them more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. “Diets that are more plant-based,...
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UK’s largest academic building will be the Michael D. Rankin M.D. Health Education Building, named for an alumnus from Danville
By Kristi Willett University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved Tuesday the naming of the university’s new building for health education as the Michael D. Rankin...
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What causes hearing loss, and when and how it can be treated
By Jennifer Shinn University of Kentucky Hearing loss can occur when any part of the ear or hearing system is not working correctly. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates...
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Ky. ranks low in benefits for the poor; health secretary says he reminds legislators of the impact programs have on communities
Update, Dec. 4: This story has been updated with additional information from state Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander’s office. One number has been corrected. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky...
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Rural trauma deaths could be reduced if ambulances could bill insurance companies for delivering blood en route to the hospital
Kentucky Health News In 2020, a traumatic injury killed an American every 31½ minutes, and such injuries are the top killer of children and adults under 45. Those statistics could...
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Baptist Health is headed out of network with UnitedHealthcare and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans, after losing Humana
If negotiations this month don’t find agreement that has been elusive so far, Louisville-based Baptist Health will no longer be in the Medicare Advantage networks of UnitedHealthcare and WellCare. It has...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness went up 10% in latest weekly report; hospitalizations for flu and RSV inched up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s latest weekly respiratory report shows Covid-19 virus activity is moderate, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity is increasing, and...
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11 Kentucky nonprofits get grants to work on substance-use-disorder awareness and prevention in underserved communities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eleven nonprofit organizations have been selected to receive as much as $50,000 each from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s Funding for Recovery Equity...
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Health-care workers and public-school educators will serve as grand marshals of Gov. Andy Beshear’s inauguration parade
Kentucky Health News Kentucky health care workers and public school educators will serve as grand marshals of Gov. Andy Beshear’s inauguration parade, which is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1...