Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Louisville’s Norton Healthcare receives $20 million gift to support Parkinson’s disease programming and research
Norton Healthcare has received a $20 million gift for the “Just Imagine” campaign to support programing and research in Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders at the Norton Neuroscience Institute. The...
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Eight suicides in a month make for ‘mental health crisis’ in Pike
By Stan Ingold, WEKU Officials in Eastern Kentucky are dealing with what they are calling a “mental health crisis.” In Pike County, over the last 30 days at least eight...
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Top senators, one of whom lost both parents to smoking, say no advocates spoke to them about increasing anti-tobacco spending
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s top two state senators said Tuesday that none of the advocates for more funding of tobacco prevention spoke to them about it during...
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‘Momnibus’ bill to improve maternal health passes on final day, after being attached to another bill to avoid floor fight on abortion
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News On the last day of the 2024 legislative session, a bipartisan bill aimed at improving Kentucky’s dismal maternal-mortality rate was finally...
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Legislature rejects pleas, cuts tobacco-prevention spending; passes vape bill some say could spur youth smoking
UPDATE, April 16: Senate President Robert Stivers and Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer told Kentucky Health News that no one spoke to them about more money for tobacco prevention, and...
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Legislature rejects pleas, cuts tobacco-prevention spending; passes vape bill some say could spur youth smoking
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern In a year when the American Cancer Society asked the Kentucky legislature to increase spending on tobacco prevention, lawmakers cut it and passed an anti-vaping...
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Bills to become law on vaping, pharmacy reform, vaccinations, drugs, at-home blood testing, coverage of cancer screening, more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In its 2024 session the Kentucky General Assembly has passed dozens of health-related bills that address a range of topics. With one day left...
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The more health-related social needs factors a woman has, the less likely she is to get a mammogram; that matters in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study says the more health-related social needs a woman has, the less likely she is to get a mammogram....
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Kentucky’s rate of teenagers having children is fourth in nation
By John McGary, WEKU Kentucky has the fourth-highest teenage birth rate in the U.S., according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which show Kentucky’s teen...
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Jefferson County Public Schools program will allow students to graduate high school with a licensed practical nurse degree
A program to bring more nurses into the workforce will be offered in the Jefferson County Public Schools. The program will allow high-school seniors to graduate with a licensed practical...