Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Sept. 5 continuing education event focuses on opioid recovery, solutions in NE Ky.; features Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland
The upcoming Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center continuing education event will feature Sam Quinones, author of the book Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, which chronicles the rise of prescription...
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State suspends July 1 order that required Medicaid patients in managed care to make co-payments for treatment
Kentucky Medicaid officials have suspended collection of co-payments by patients in managed care, a change they had ordered at the start of July. “The co-pays caught health providers by surprise...
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NE Area Health Education Center wins national award for getting Appalachian students into med school; program going statewide
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center at Morehead won the Center of Excellence Award in Distribution at this month’s national AHEC conference for working to improve the health-care workforce in rural...
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Study finds young people are now more likely to start smoking after they turn 18, not before; calls for more prevention efforts
The celebration in recent years about lower smoking rates among teenagers could end up being all for naught, as a new study shows that more people are likely to now...
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Seven counties in Southern Kentucky stand out as ‘Bright Spots’ in study, pointing the way to healthier communities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nine counties in Appalachian Kentucky have been recognized as “bright spots” when it comes to health, and seven of them adjoin in Southern Kentucky:...
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Reports show what adults in five Kentucky regions think about substance abuse, smoking and other issues
The 2017 Kentucky Health Issues Poll found that significantly fewer Kentucky adults are getting prescriptions for pain medication; that they strongly support smoke-free schools; and that most would like to...
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State’s hepatitis A outbreak is worst in nation, but seems to be fading in Louisville, which feds say is ‘gold standard’ for response
Kentucky’s hepatitis A outbreak is now the biggest outbreak in the United States. As of July 7, the outbreak had struck 65 of Kentucky’s 120 counties with 1,094 hepatitis A...
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Communication problems may linger for alcoholics even after they give up drinking, study suggests
A survey that measured emotional communication among alcoholics found that long after they give up drinking, they still struggle to control their voice pitch and relay subtle emotional cues. The...
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Domestic abuse is about as common in male couples as in heterosexual couples, study in three major cities finds
Around half of American men in a three-city survey said they experienced abuse in their same-sex relationships — about the same percentage reported by women, a new study shows. The...
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Sunlight is antidote to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder? New research may direct you to retire in a sunny spot. A study at Binghamton University in New York and published in the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive...