Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Bill to make 21 legal age to buy tobacco products moves; one of several anti-tobacco bills from Rep. David Watkins, retired doctor
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to raise the legal age to 21 to buy any tobacco or vaping products in Kentucky was approved Feb. 11 by the...
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Bevin names hospital association executive Stephen P. Miller to be Kentucky’s new Medicaid commissioner
Stephen P. Miller image from hfmaky.org Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Stephen P. Miller, a hospital industry executive, as the state’s new Medicaid commissioner “As we work to redesign the...
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‘Go Red for Women’ events advise them to know heart-disease symptoms, their numbers, family history; and adjust lifestyle
Dozens of supporters showed up at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital Feb. 5 to celebrate the American Heart Association‘s “Go Red for Women” day and learned how heart disease affects women differently than...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky CEO makes the case for a statewide law to ban smoking in most public places
Susan Zepeda The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, which doesn’t lobby for or against particular legislation or endorse it, came close in a Feb. 11 “guest editorial” from its president...
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State House, which passed smoking ban last year, may wait until after March 8 special elections to act on this year’s version
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The politics of an election year could create obstacles for the recently filed bill to enact a statewide smoking ban. House Speaker Greg Stumbo...
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72 in Estill County have stomach sickness; 35 salmonella cases confirmed; eight people hospitalized; restaurant closes voluntarily
The Estill County Health Department reported Feb. 11 that 72 people in the county have reported “gastrointestinal illness,” 35 of them have tested positive for salmonella and eight have been...
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Louisville cancer center will offer new one-day breast cancer treatment for early-stage breast cancer patients
“A Louisville cancer center will be the first in the state to offer a one-day surgery and radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer patients,” Boris Ladwig reports for Insider Louisville. This...
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Feds tell Bevin basics of dismantling Kynect; former policy chief says using federal exchange could limit choice, raise costs
The federal government has told Republican Gov. Matt Bevin what he will need to do to shut down Kynect, the health-insurance exchange started by his Democratic predecessor, Gov. Steve Beshear,...
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Kentuckians split on policy changes to deter teen tobacco use; split on increasing cigarette tax by $1, OK with raising legal age
When it comes to state policies to discourage smoking, Kentuckians are evenly divided on whether to increase the state’s tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1, but support raising...