Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Mental-health care access can be a challenge in Eastern Kentucky; on top of that, the subject still carries stigma for some
By Stan Ingold WEKU Experts are concerned about a growing mental-health crisis nationally. This story looks at the struggles faced by those dealing with access to mental-health care in Eastern...
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Program for mothers and pregnant women with substance-use disorder gets grant to help more Black women get its services Freedom House
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern The Volunteers of America chapter that includes Kentucky will spend $123,000 over the next nine months to figure out how to get more Black women...
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As part of resetting its relationship with rural hospitals, UK will not build a new hospital at interstate junction in southeast Lexington
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — The University of Kentucky will not build a hospital in southeast Lexington because it wants to do what its network of...
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UK is again the top Ky. hospital in U.S. News rankings, followed by St. Elizabeth in Northern Ky. and Baptist Health Louisville
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky hospitals, in the state’s three largest metripolitan areas, have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual ranking by...
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Study to help reduce risk of heart disease and diabetes, to be done via Zoom, is looking for participants in 16 Kentucky counties
By Gia Mudd-Martin University of Kentucky Heart disease and Type 2 diabetes are often preventable, but Kentucky has the nation’s ninth-highest rate of heart disease and the fifth highest rate...
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Cigarette tax collections in Ky. jumped, then dropped, after the last two tax increases; the state’s smoking rate has also been on the decline
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increasing state cigarette taxes has proven to be an effective policy to decrease smoking rates, and it appears that is also true in Kentucky....
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Kentucky is a national leader in lung-cancer screening, but still has a long way to go to get all eligible people screened
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks second among states for lung-cancer screening, but experts say many more Kentuckians need to be screened. Only 10.6% of those at high...
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Lee Co. harm-reduction chief says 80% of clients are homeless
By Stu Johnson, WEKU Homelessness is a reality in virtually every section of Kentucky. Although often thought of as an urban challenge, rural Kentucky also finds the plight of the...
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Breathitt, Lee, Jessamine and Nelson counties are certified as Recovery Ready Communities, totaling 14 in effort’s 14 months
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Four more Kentucky counties have been certified as Recovery Ready Communities, signaling that they have the services needed to help their residents recover from...
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31% of Kentucky women live more than half an hour from a hospital with a maternity unit; across the U.S., only 9.7% do
By John McGary, WEKU “Estill Medical. This is Madisyn. How may I help you?” It’s a few minutes before lunch at Estill Medical Clinic, in Irvine. The practice is owned by...