Category: FEATURED
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Frankfort power struggle, too few dentists and low Medicaid pay are all barriers to healing the pain in poor Kentuckians’ mouths
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern RED BIRD, Ky. — At the Red Bird Mission dental clinic in southeastern Kentucky, patients with few or no teeth now are eligible for dentures...
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UK gets renewed grant to study major environmental health impacts on Kentuckians: $7.4 million for the next five years
UK press release The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences will continue its work to study major environmental health impacts on Kentuckians with a renewed award from...
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It’s time to make sure your children are up-to-date on vaccinations required for school; Kentucky lags behind all the states it borders
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just a few weeks left before school starts, it’s time to make sure your school-aged children are up to date on their required...
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Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health-care workers ended in mid-June, but some major Kentucky hospitals still have such policies
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News About a month ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services withdrew its requirement that health-care workers get a Covid-19 vaccination, and while the...
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Feds propose rules to limit ‘junk’ health plans to 4 months, keep them from ‘gaming the system’; seek info on health credit cards
By Jennifer Shutt States Newsroom The Biden administration announced new initiatives Friday that could reduce health-care costs, though none will take effect immediately. The changes include a proposed rule that...
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First drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets full FDA and Medicare approval for early-stage cases; drug is still in clinical trials at UK
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval for the first drug to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, opening the...
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Five cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported in Lexington, prompting health officials to urge caution around pools, hot tubs Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department announced Thursday that it has seen an increase in Legionnaires’ disease this year and is warning people to take...
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Take care of your teeth, help your mind: Study finds keeping teeth with severe gum disease is associated with atrophy of the brain
Taking care of your teeth could also mean taking care of your brain. A study published today says gum disease and tooth loss are linked to shrinkage in the hippocampus,...
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DEA administrator says Congress needs to pass laws to keep social media from serving as platforms to promote, sell fentanyl
The U.S. needs laws to force social-media companies to keep their platforms from being used to promote and sell fentanyl, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said on NBC‘s “Meet The Press” Sunday,...
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Kentucky has 84 syringe-service programs in 65 counties; the pandemic slowed their growth, but two have opened this yea
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has added two new syringe-service programs for intravenous drug users this year, bringing the total to 84 SSPs, in 65 of the state’s...