Author: Melissa Patrick
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Study says older adults with arthritis need 45 minutes of moderate activity per week, much less than federal guidelines recommend
Daily Mail photo Older adults with arthritis need 45 minutes of “moderate activity” a week to maintain functional independence, a study has concluded. That’s about one-third the amount called for...
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New long-acting treatment for opioid-use disorders, tested at UK, is one step closer to submission for FDA approval
Clinical trials of a long-acting therapeutic treatment to treat moderate to severe opioid-use disorders were shown to be effective, making the treatment a good contender for submission to the Food...
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Former Gov. Steve Beshear warns Republicans that Americans won’t respond well to having Obamacare coverage taken away
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Former Gov. Steve Beshear told a national TV audience that Republicans have done nothing about replacing Obamacare except talk about it, and said they...
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Republicans want to block-grant Medicaid but can’t agree on how
Most Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump support a plan to turn Medicaid into a block-grant program, which would limit spending and give each state a set amount of money...
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Bevin asks Congress to get rid of Obamacare and, if Medicaid expansion continues, limit it to those who are in poverty
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin has taken a stronger stance against Obamacare than his fellow Republican governors, urging Congress to repeal it “in its entirety” and...
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Sedentary older women who don’t exercise are ‘biologically older’ than active women, study of their chromosomes shows
Photo from Center for Advancing Health By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that older women who sit for more than 10 hours a day and also...
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Judge blocks Humana-Aetna merger; appeal in doubt; Aetna’s ‘leverage’ attempt jeopardized Obamacare exchanges
A federal judge blocked Aetna Inc.‘s bid to buy Louisville-based Humana Inc. on grounds that it would reduce competition for consumers in Medicare Advantage markets, because it would ultimately affect...
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More students eat lunch and breakfast at schools where number of ‘food vulnerable’ students qualifies all for free meals
Students eat breakfast (U.S. Department of Agriculture photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A program that offers free meals to all students using federal money has increased lunch and breakfast participation...
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Health boards support legislative agenda to change how public health is delivered and paid for, to make Kentucky healthier
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At their first-ever statewide meeting, Kentucky’s local boards of health voted for their state association to adopt a legislative platform aimed at modernizing the...
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In state Trump won in a landslide after pledging Obamacare repeal, fewer than 1 in 5 said they feared losing coverage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than one in five Kentucky adults who have health insurance were concerned about losing their coverage in the weeks after Gov. Matt Bevin...