Category: YOUR HEALTH
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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...
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Several Ky. water systems exceed new federal limits for ‘forever chemicals’; all systems must test for 3 years, correct if needed
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Several Kentucky water systems, mostly on and near the Ohio River, will have to fund ways to reduce certain cancer-causing substaces for which the...
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Whether or not you smoke can be influenced by heredity; new research may help identify specific risks and ways to quit
Kentucky Health News If your parents or grandparents smoke, you are more likely to smoke. Perhaps that’s one reason smoking persists in Kentucky, which has had a higher rate of...
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Guthrie warns making telehealth expansion permanent must be paid for; costs uncertain, but projected to be several billion dollars
If telehealth services are to remain expanded as they were in the pandemic, Congress must offset the cost, U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green said in opening a House...
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State’s high maternal-death rate gets study; pregnancy-related deaths mostly from violence, substance use, anxiety, depression
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky A team of health-care providers and researchers at the University of Kentucky is working with community and government leaders across the state to address...
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Raising Ky.’s health status has ‘a ways to go,’ hospital chief says; Chandler says people need to demand change in health policies
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A discussion on health care at the April 4 Lexington Forum led to information about the many challenges Kentucky faces when it comes to...
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Legislature, Beshear pass law to protect independent pharmacies in Kentucky from commercial pharmacy benefit managers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to address an unfair playing field between commercial pharmacy-benefit managers and independent pharmacists has been signed into law and will take effect...
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Respiratory-virus activity ticks up a bit, but hospital admissions fall; flu remains driver for respiratory admissions, ER visits in Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health says respiratory virus activity ticked up a bit in Kentucky in the last week of March, but remained...