Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Ky. ranks 3rd lowest in nation for seniors’ health and well-being; shows health-care access goes deeper than having insurance
By Ben Chandler President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Having access to quality health care is crucial for a person’s well-being. But it’s a complex issue that goes...
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State, far behind on nursing-home inspections, focuses on responding to complaints, but that often takes too long
“As of June, 73 percent of Kentucky’s 277 nursing homes were listed as going more than two years without a so-called ‘annual’ inspection. It’s putting patients at risk,” the Lexington...
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Advocates of using psychedelic drug ibogaine to treat addiction say its risks to the heart can be mitigated in a controlled study
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission held its first public hearing Monday, July 17, to discuss funding development of an opioid-use disorder treatment using...
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In the first two months of resumed checks for Medicaid eligibility, almost half of Ky. members up for renewal lost their coverage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The end of the pandemic meant resumption of eligibility verification for Medicaid, and almost half of the Kentuckians who have been asked to renew...
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10th annual hepatitis conference to be held July 27 in Lexington
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky, which has one of the nation’s highest rates of hepatitis C infection, will hold its 10th annual Viral Hepatitis Conference next week, on...
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Judge reverses his ruling that blocked law on gender-affirming care, citing 2-1 ruling of appeals court handling similar cases
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A federal judge on Friday stayed a temporary block on part of a new Kentucky law that banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. That...
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Study ranks Ky. 11th in mental health, No. 1 for adults and No. 31 for youth; rankings come at first anniversary of 988 crisis hotline
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Mental Health America, a nonprofit that promotes mental health and programs to address it, ranked Kentucky 11th in the nation for mental health and...
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Opioid commission, with new member, will hold hearing Monday, July 17 on ibogaine, exotic drug proposed for drug treatment
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission will hold its first public hearing Monday, July 17, about the use of an exotic psychedelic drug, ibogaine,...
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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...