Category: YOUR HEALTH
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How Medicaid came to cover 1 in 3 people in Ky., 1 in 5 in U.S., and how it could be changed despite health bill’s failure
Medicaid is the main reason many more people have health insurance, especially in Kentucky.These New York Times maps are interactive, with county data. For the interactives, click here. The failure...
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Colorectal cancer has declined, except in people under 30; overall, it’s more common in Kentucky than in any other state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Colorectal cancer has become less common since the mid-1980s, but has been increasing steadily in people younger than 50, according to a recent American...
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Health bill seems dead for this year, but changes are likely anyway in Medicaid and perhaps in private, subsidized insurance
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News What does the failure of the bill to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” mean for...
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59 percent of Ky. adults have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, linked to physical and mental health issues
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many health-care providers have started looking at adverse childhood experiences when assessing their patients’ poor health because ACEs have...
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Louisville’s Our Lady of Peace opens first retail pharmacist-operated, long-acting injection clinic; will mostly treat opioid abuse
Insider Louisville photo Kentucky is again leading the nation in finding ways to combat the...
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Health officials and advocates list Kentucky’s top 5 health issues, including one newly identified: adverse childhood experiences
About 125 people worked on the state health assessment at theKentucky History Center in Frankfort on Wednesday, March 22. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A group of about 125...
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The divide between dentistry and medicine can have deadly consequences; policymakers are getting more interested
(Photo from ancienthistorybulletin.ca) As anyone who has ever mistakenly thought that medical insurance would cover their visit to the dentist knows, the worlds of medicine and dentistry don’t overlap much....
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High-school students’ research finds smokers are more likely to want to quit smoking after seeing their carbon monoxide levels
Taryn Kerley and Becca Calvert, Barren County High School seniors Cigarette smokers who saw their carbon monoxide levels rise after they smoked were more likely to want to quit smoking,...
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Baptist Health lays off 288, loses its CEO amid losses
Steve Hanson Kentucky’s biggest hospital operator, Baptist Health, is going through a shakeup. The not-for-profit firm said last week that it would lay off 288 employees, most of them at...
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Better-off Kentuckians exercise more; foundation CEO says policymakers can help increase access to exercise venues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health status and income matter when it comes to being physically active. Kentucky adults who reporting good health and higher incomes also saying they...