Author: Melissa Patrick
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Information session on state health insurance exchange to be offered at Paducah Thursday, Nov, 7
The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange will present an information session and allow time for questions about Kentucky’s online health insurance exchange, KYnect, Nov. 7 at the West Kentucky Community and...
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Halloween candy hikes risk of cavities, not just from more sugar, but from more frequent eating of it; here are tooth-friendly tips
Photo from EnviroDad.com Halloween candy can rot your teeth. At Halloween, the issue is not just sugar, it’s how often you eat it. Often, kids bring enough candy home from...
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Get a prescription before buying decorative contact lenses for Halloween, optometrists recommend
Many people incorporate decorative contact lenses into their Halloween costumes, and not all of them are purchased legally. They can be found on the Internet, beauty salons, convenience stores and...
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School nurses are an unfunded mandate for schools, which are picking up more of their cost as health department budgets shrink
Marion County nurse Renee Schooling helps Levi Hardin, a Marion County first grader with diabetes, check his blood sugar. (Lebanon Enterprise Photo by Stevie Lowery) Kentucky school nurses are stretched thin across...
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Weekly newspaper’s editorial advises readers to ignore ‘irresponsible rhetoric’ about Obamacare and find out the facts
The Sentinel-News, a twice-weekly newspaper in Shelbyville, reminded Kentuckians to pay close attention to the “irresponsible rhetoric” surrounding the launch of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Since registration...
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Students in Kentucky are invited to celebrate Farm to School Week in annual Farm to School Art Contest
Kentucky students are invited to participate in the third annual Farm to School Art Contest, which celebrates Farm to School Week. Entries must be drawn on 8 1/2-by-11-inch white unlined...
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Free-for-all food program increases student participation, raises Ky. breakfast count by 25% with only 39% of districts participating
Kentucky schools participating in a program that provides free breakfast and lunch to all students in high-poverty schools have significantly increased student participation in school lunch and breakfast programs, Charles...
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KET program to feature citizens who work in three programs to improve the health of Kentucky children
The next episode of KET‘s “Health Three60” series will be a program that features citizens who have made a difference in the health of Kentucky children. “Champions for Children’s Health”...
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Lexington TV reporter was moved to donate a kidney to a still-unknown stranger and hopes her story will encourage others
Lexington television reporter Leigh Searcy donated one of her kidneys to an unknown stranger and explained it to her 5-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son this way: “It’s like having two...
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Smokers shouldn’t get Medicaid or Medicare, says freshman Republican lawmaker who grows tobacco
State Rep. Jonathan Shell of Lancaster, a young Republican who grows tobacco, is against a statewide smoking ban. No surprise there, but how about this: He also says people who...