Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Tips to avoid holiday heartburn: eat moderately, skip mints and acidic foods, minimize stress, take a walk, chew gum
webmd.com The six weeks from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day is often filled with large meals, decadent treats and festive beverages — a perfect storm for the one in five...
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Surgeon general’s addiction report, requested by McConnell and Democratic senator, calls for a new approach
Only 10 percent of Americans who abuse painkillers get treatment, so the nation needs to take a different approach to the growing problem of addiction, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said...
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Tackling obesity in Kentucky can be a touchy subject
KentuckyHealthFacts.org map; click on it for larger version SLADE, Ky. — Among the topics covered in “Covering Health: A News Workshop” Nov. 11 at Natural Bridge State Resort Park was one...
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Study finds Medicaid is paying for more emergency-room visits while charity care and self-pay visits drop
Emergency room visits have remained fairly steady in Kentucky since 2012, but have increasingly been covered by Medicaid since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according...
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Bevin adds a synthetic painkiller that is abused like heroin to the state’s list of controlled substances
Image: foxnews.com Gov. Matt Bevin issued an emergency regulation Nov. 15 to place a synthetic painkiller called U-47700 on a controlled-substance list in Kentucky and make it subject to criminal...
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Kentuckians are likely to need help signing up for health insurance on the federal exchange, especially in east and south
Kentuckians looking for a 2017 health plan on the federal exchange will likely need some help signing up, if a study of last year’s need for support on the former...
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Ky. leads nation in rate of hepatitis C infections but new drugs to treat the disease are so expensive they’re out of reach for most
Kentucky’s rate of hepatitis C infections is seven times the national average, but expensive new drugs to treat the disease remain largely out of reach for residents of the state,...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky announces four new members for its Community Advisory Committee
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky announced four new members of its Community Advisory Committee Monday, Nov. 14. The 31-member committee serves as a liaison between Kentucky communities and the...
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Journalists gather to hear why and how to cover health, get a myriad of story ideas, sources and approaches
SLADE, Ky. — Kentucky journalists interested in covering health got plenty of information and hopefully some inspiration Friday at “Covering Health: A News Workshop” at Natural Bridge State Resort Park....
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State drug-control policy office’s legislative package will include putting overdose incidents into prescription database
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News SLADE, Ky. — The executive director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy said Friday that his office is working on a legislative...