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Kentucky gets a ‘D’ grade on second annual report card on maternal mental health, a bit worse than the national average
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky received a D grade on the second annual report from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, moving up from a D-minus in...
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Eastern State Hospital is 200 years old; ex-patient, who says it saved his life, urges those who need mental-health care to get it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988....
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Lexington has outbreak of whooping cough, which can be deadly for babies and prevented with vaccine that some adults need too
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News An oubreak of whooping cough has been declared in Fayette County after nine cases have been confirmed by the local health department since late...
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Hospital association, Department of Agriculture start ‘Food as Medicine’ effort to get more local food into Kentucky hospitals
Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Hospital Association and the state Department of Agriculture have started an effort to get more local food into Kentucky hospitals. “A recent survey completed by representatives...
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High cost of new diabetes drugs, more popular in Ky. than any other state, deprives low-income people of effective treatment
Editor’s note: At the end of 2023 Kentucky led the nation in the percentage of state population, 2.1%, who had received the new class of diabetes and weight-loss drugs. By...
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Repeat Covid-19 shots help ward off variants, even other viruses
Kentucky Health News The virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic is still here, sending thousands of Americans to hospitals each week and regularly spinning off new variants that can evade...
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Korean study finds former smokers who use e-cigarettes or vapes have higher risk for lung cancer than ex-smokers who don’t
Kentucky Health News Former cigarette smokers who use electronic cigarettes or vaping devices may be at higher risk for lung cancer than former smokers who don’t vape, according to new research...
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Study: E-cig use raises risk of early development of asthma 252%
Kentucky Health News There is a significant link between vaping and asthma in adults, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open. The study found...
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Early data show 7.9% fall in overdose deaths in Ky. in 2023 was much more than national drop, but number of ODs remained high
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest provisional overdose-death data say drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky fell by 7.9 percent in 2023, more than the national decline of...
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Kentucky tobacco-free advocates win Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ national Group Youth Advocates of the Year award
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids named the #iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board Group Youth Advocates of the Year. Front, from left: Saumya Sikhwal, Jasmin Hernandez, Sarah Larkin and Philena Ash. Back: Jordan Joslin, Chloe Brady,...