Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Study finds that teens who use e-cigarettes are more than twice as likely as non-using teens to start smoking tobacco products
image: usnews.com Teens who use electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to start smoking tobacco than those who have never used the devices, according to a study...
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Legislative leaders debate future of Medicaid expansion
“There’s no doubt that health care remains a significant issue for politicians and voters in the commonwealth. While thousands of Kentuckians have health insurance for the first time, Frankfort continues...
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Kentucky will get money to increase colon cancer screenings in Louisville and Appalachia, which lag behind recent success
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive about $2.6 million in federal money over five years to help fight colon cancer by encouraging people to be screened for...
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Writer considers salad a wasteful luxury, and not all that nutritious
Salads should be considered a “resource-hungry luxury” instead of a staple because they offer little nutritional value, require “precious crop acreage” to grow, requires fossil fuel and refrigeration to ship,...
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Free workshop on health coverage in Louisville Sept. 21; free lodging available to registrants who need to come the night before
Journalists covering health issues in Kentucky, from drug abuse to health reform, have a chance to immerse themselves in the subject at a free one-day workshop in Louisville on Sept....
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Stanford doctor starts local ‘Get Healthy Lincoln County’ program, plans to take it statewide via Kentucky Medical Association
Part of the effort: A weekend workout group in Stanford A Stanford physician who started a local movement for a healthier community plans to promote it statewide through the Kentucky...
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Medicaid manager Passport gives $25,000 to Democratic group that has given heavily to committee backing Conway for governor
Passport Health Plan, which manages Medicaid care for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians, gave $25,000 this year to the Democratic Governors Association, “which already this year has given $600,000 to...
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Bevin and Conway to speak, answer questions about health policy at rural-health group’s meeting Sept. 18 in Bowling Green
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is hosting a “Candidates Forum on Health” Friday, Sept. 18 in Bowling Green, after the conclusion of its annual conference. All of the candidates running...
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Ky. to share in $2.5 million anti-heroin grant that will pair law enforcement and public health to put more focus on treatment
Kentucky will be among several states to share a $2.5 million federal grant to help fight the heroin epidemic in its communities, according to press release from the office of...
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New health chair of Appalachian Ky. economic group says he’s a conductor, not a director; deflects query on mining’s health effects
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Dr. William Hacker, a former state health commissioner, is the new chair of the Community Health Advisory Council for Shaping Our Appalachian Region, a...