Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Medicaid managed-care firms get new contracts with new rules aimed at resolving health-care providers’ issues with program
Kentucky has signed new contracts with five managed-care firms that will manage Medicaid coverage for more than 1.1 million Kentuckians. Contracts were awarded to Anthem, Coventry Cares, Humana, Passport and...
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As vacation season arrives, here are travel tips for diabetics
It’s vacation season. Traveling offers unique challenges for diabetics, but nothing that careful planning and a few precautions won’t overcome, says the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Image:...
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McConnell, Mass. Democrats find common ground on opioid-overdose epidemic; Kentucky ranks 3rd in overdose deaths
Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and two Massachusetts Democrats have found common ground in efforts to fight the opioid-overdose crisis and are working across the aisle to push for legislation...
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Eating trans fat weakens memory in younger men, study says
Trans fats, the use of which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration limited last month, are associated with reduced memory function in men 45 and younger, says a University of California San Diego...
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Obese children’s parents say kids are ‘about the right weight,’ likely comparing them to other kids instead of growth standards
Most parents of overweight children consider them to be “about the right weight,” which poses a real concern because parents aren’t likely to help their children change their behaviors toward...
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Louisville dental school ranked second in U.S. by website that surveys students and recent graduates
The University of Louisville School of Dentistry is ranked second among dental schools in the U.S. by GraduatePrograms.com, a peer-written rating and review site for graduate schools. Last year the...
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Researchers find genetic biomarker that could indicate mental illness in women
Patients’ behaviors and feelings often serve as identifying factors for psychiatric disorders, which can make diagnoses difficult. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that the...
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Know the signs of a heart attack and don’t ignore or dismiss them; quick action can be the difference between life and death
Many people who have a heart attack initially ignore the symptoms or dismiss them. For the best chance of survival and preserving heart function, you should not ignore these symptoms,...
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More dental patients using ERs, showing lack of dental coverage, shortage of dentists and the stepchild status of oral health
More patients are going to hospital emergency rooms for dental care, illustrating how oral health remains the stepchild of the health system despite health-care reform. “An analysis of the most...
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CDC says state spends less than 8% of what it should on preventing use of tobacco; companies spend 13 times as much
Kentucky spends only 7.6 percent of what it should spend on preventing the use of tobacco, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in its latest annual report...