Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Many Americans still don’t use sunscreen, which has been proven to prevent skin cancer, the most common cancer in the U.S.
Sunscreen has been proven to reduce the risk for all types of skin cancer and to prevent or delay signs of aging, but most Americans still don’t use it regularly,...
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Congress is taking on opoid abuse and the nationwide increase in drug overdoses
Federal officials have become increasingly concerned about the rapid increase in drug overdoses across the country. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, in a series of hearings on the topic,...
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Video streaming for consultation with doctors expands and becomes more popular; 2 Ky. insurers use it and another plans to
In the past, people had to go to the emergency room to receive medical attention if they required it outside the usual hours for doctors. Now telemedicine programs such as...
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Deep in the brain may lie the secret of why some smokers quit easily and some find it nearly impossible
When a person tries to quit smoking, the cravings, headaches and lethargy that come from the nicotine withdrawal makes it near impossible for many to be successful. But this lack...
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One of every three U.S. adults have a combination of risk factors that increase their risk for heart disease and diabetes
More than one-third of adults in the U.S. have a combination of health conditions that put them at higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, and this condition affects nearly...
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Regan Hunt, executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, leaves for a new position at insurer Humana Inc.
The executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, a group that worked for the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is now working for Humana Inc. as...
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Lexington Herald-Leader says Kentucky Hospital Association report on members’ finances damages the group’s credibility
The Kentucky Hospital Association‘s recent “Code Blue” report on its members’ finances is a symptom of “financial hypochondria,” the Lexington Herald-Leader said in a long editorial Sunday. It said the...
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CDC says SOAR should focus on substance abuse, obesity and diabetes; idea of mountaintop mining study is largely ignored
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Shaping Our Appalachian Region, the bipartisan effort to revitalize and diversify Eastern Kentucky’s economy, will focus its health efforts on substance abuse, obesity and...
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Law requires equal access to mental-health and drug-abuse treatment, but is not always obeyed; Ky. says it’s working on issue
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By law, mental health benefits must be offered equally to medical and surgical benefits if the plan offers them, but this isn’t always the...
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3,047 got private health insurance in special March-April signup designed to avoid or reduce tax penalty for not being covered
More than 3,000 Kentuckians signed up for health coverage during a special March-April enrollment period that allowed them to avoid or reduce tax penalties for being uninsured. “At the Feb....