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Feds will remind doctors to ask people with respiratory illness whether and how much they use electronic cigarettes
Federal health agencies are about to warn doctors that they need to ask “every patient with an apparent respiratory infection” about their history of using electronic cigarettes, Julie Steenhuysen of Reuters reports. The Centers...
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Federal appeals-court judges indicate they are unlikely to revive Bevin plan for work requirements in Medicaid
Federal judges were dubious Friday of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s campaign to add work requirements to the Medicaid program, as they heard an appeal of rulings that have blocked it....
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Illnesses and deaths from e-cigarettes are still on the rise, and the causes are still not known; state health officials urge quitting
University of Pikeville cross-country runner Dalton Stiltner suffered a collapsed lung from using electronic cigarettes for about a year. (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Alex Slitz) —– As health officials try to...
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Study concludes 16 rural hospitals in Ky. at high risk of closing; another found 35 in poor financial health; remedies proposed
Table from Navigant Consulting report —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many rural hospitals across Kentucky are struggling to keep their doors open. And though the numbers vary on just...
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Study finds almost all who would be affected by Ky. Medicaid work rules are already meeting them, many more than in earlier study
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If the courts allow Kentucky to put work and community engagement requirements in its Medicaid program, only 3 percent of the program’s beneficiaries would...
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New beverage recommendations for children to age 5 say to avoid all drinks with added sugar, and plant-based milks
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health experts from four of the nation’s most prominent health organizations have created a new set of beverage recommendations for children under the age...
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Nov. 15 workshop in Ashland will help rural journalists cover the difficult topic of substance abuse and recovery; space is limited
The epidemic of opioid use and other substance abuse has hit many rural communities hard, but rural news media have a hard time covering this difficult subject, for various reasons....
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Kentucky libraries have become key partners in helping rural residents learn about health, nutrition and healthy lifestyles
An information board in the Pulaski County Public Library has much material about health. (Photo by Sarah Baird for Stateline) —– Libraries in rural Kentucky are becoming a key partner in...
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Rural hospitals, already cut by Medicare, are about to get their Medicaid payments reduced, too; here’s a partial Kentucky list
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospitals in Kentucky and across the nation are getting a reprieve, maybe a short one, from a new formula cutting the money the...
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Burkesville hospital open, similar one 24 miles away in Tenn. is closed; big differences: Medicaid expansion and diversification
OpenStreetMap contributors, via The Daily Yonder, adapted by Ky. Health News —– Along the Cumberland River in Southern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee are two towns 24 miles apart by road....