Category: YOUR HEALTH
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If you are diagnosed with cancer and you smoke, that’s one more reason to stop, says UK doctor who co-chaired national survey
Smokers who have cancer have a better chance of overcoming the disease if they stop smoking, but not all cancer-treatment programs do a good job of encouraging patients to quit,...
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Contrary to Trump’s musings, McConnell says efforts to repeal the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are ‘largely over’
Obamacare, now into its second decade, is pretty much here to stay. So says Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, contradicting former President Trump’s comments that he is still...
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Bill aimed at curbing Kentucky’s youth ‘vaping epidemic’ passes House; Ky. Youth Advocates calls on Senate to make it stronger
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to curb what its sponsor called the youth “vaping epidemic” in Kentucky passed the state House on Monday and is now in...
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State health chief says measles risk stems from pandemic’s anti-vaccine ‘ideologies’; discusses how to lose weight, need for sleep
This story has been updated. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In a wide-ranging TV interview, state Health Commissioner Steven Stack warned Kentuckians that not enough of them are vaccinated...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness keep declining, but flu activity remains elevated, and hospital admissions for it are up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated and hospitalizations for respiratory illness remain high, even though emergency-department visits for respiratory illness have stayed on a rough...
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State and federal lawmakers say they’re still trying to rein in health-insurance middlemen, called pharmacy-benefit managers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A day after Gov. Andy Beshear talked at a White House roundtable about Kentucky’s moving to one pharmacy-benefit manager for Medicaid, First District U.S....
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House passes ‘Momnibus’ bill with measures for maternal health
By Isabella Sephaban Kentucky Lantern A maternal-health bill nicknamed “Momnibus’ was unanimously approved by the Kentucky House Tuesday after about 20 minutes of discussion. The bipartisan House Bill 10 came out...
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On 4th anniversary of Ky.’s first Covid-19 case, Beshear says it’s a time ‘to say that we’re going to try to do better and better . . . ‘
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Four years after the day that Kentucky confirmed its first official case of Covid-19, Kandie Adkinson rang a singular bell in the state Capitol rotunda,...
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; Kentucky has the nation’s fourth highest rate of death from colon cancer
By Natalie Pitman University of Kentucky In March, we wear blue to recognize Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, first observed in March 2000. Since then, it has become an opportunity to...
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Top UK surgeon discusses diseases of the thyroid gland, which are common, more so in Kentucky than in the rest of the nation
By Dr. William Inabnet III University of Kentucky Twenty million people in the United States suffer from thyroid disease, and Kentucky has a higher rate of thyroid cancer than the...