Author: Melissa Patrick
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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...
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Large employer in London opened its own primary-care clinic and is reaping rewards in cost savings and healthier employees
Angie Patton, health and wellness director, and Winston Griffin, CEO of Laurel Grocery Co., in one of its on-site clinic rooms. Photo: Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader The rising cost of...
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Studies: Hour of daily activity counters deathly effects of sitting, but ‘inactive lifestyles are just accepted,’ even by teenagers
image: medicaldaily.com By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of us spend too many hours sitting, and research says it’s slowly killing us, but a new study says that just...
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Study finds ADHD meds may help decrease risky behavior, but says more research is needed; ADHD is most common in Ky.
Researchers have found that medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which is more common in Kentucky than any other state, may offer some additional long-term benefits by discouraging children from risky behaviors....
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Ky. has 54 counties at high risk for spread of HIV and hepatitis C among IV drug users but only 6 of them have needle exchanges
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Why, if 54 of Kentucky’s 120 counties are among the nation’s most vulnerable to outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C among intravenous drug users,...
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Health advocates, providers and faith leaders voice concerns about Medicaid plan; one says it’s based on false assumptions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — Health advocates, providers and faith leaders spoke out against Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid program at a news...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has many concerns about new Medicaid plan; health officials say current plan is not sustainable
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — At a legislative committee meeting July 20, health advocates urged the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to make sure the final plan...
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Ky. leads nation in cancers that are caused by a virus for which there is a vaccination, but most kids don’t get the vaccinations
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the highest overall rate of cancers associated with the human papillomavirus, and among females is tied for highest with West Virginia, while...
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Kentucky Oral Health Coalition will host a regional meeting on oral health July 29 in Hazard
July 27, 2016: An updated graphic sent by Kentucky Voices for Health has been added. The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition and its partners from across the state will host a...