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Study says allergy to red meat is under-diagnosed, probably due to clinicians’ limited knowledge of it, and Ky. is a national hotspot
Kentucky Health News Thousands of Kentuckians are likely living with an allergy to red meat, and many of them probably don’t know it because it hasn’t been diagnosed in them,...
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Cameron says that if elected governor he would resume efforts, thwarted by federal court, to add work requirement to Medicaid
Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Wednesday that if elected governor he would quickly restart Republican efforts to “require some able-bodied adults to work in exchange for health-care coverage through Medicaid,”...
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Tips on managing the costs of cancer treatment
By Charles McCann University of Kentucky Managing the financial burden of cancer treatment can add to the already challenging physical and emotional journey for patients and their families. However, there...
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KET panel applauded Kentucky’s 5% drop in overdose deaths in 2022, but cited new challenges and remaining difficulties
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A panel of survivors, drug-recovery experts and providers lauded Kentucky’s 5 percent reduction in drug-overdose deaths between 2021 and 2022 on a Kentucky Educational...
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Weight-loss drugs carry high prices, many questions for seniors
By Judith Graham KFF Health News Corlee Morris has dieted throughout her adult life. After her weight began climbing in high school, she spent years losing 50 or 100 pounds...
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European quit-smoking drug proven safe, effective in U.S. study
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Cytisinicline, a drug to help people stop smoking, was found to be safe and effective when used at a higher concentration than is traditionally...
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Excess Covid-19 deaths grew in 2nd year despite vaccines; study cites shortage of rural vaccinations; Ky. fared worst during Delta
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Scientists generally believe that the number of deaths attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic has been understated, and they point to what they call “excess...
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Libertarians want to repeal ‘certificate of need’ permit process for health-care facilities; they say it needs reform, not repeal
Kentucky Health News Should Kentucky have a permitting process for health-care facilities or allow free-market competition? Or something in between? The General Assembly has begun debating the question, amid lobbying...
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‘Disrupting Addiction: A KET Forum’ premieres Monday, July 24, to discuss the work being done to ease this public-health crisis
Kentucky Health News According to the state’s annual Overdose Fatality Report, 2,135 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose in 2022. That was 5 percent fewer than in 2021, but many...
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State finds several water systems, most on the Ohio, have levels of ‘forever chemicals’ above a limit being considered by EPA
By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals,” are in Kentucky’s rivers and lakes. The chemicals are accumulating inside Kentucky’s fish. They...