Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Study finds that signs that connect calories to activity are more effective than nutrition labels to change behavior
Most Americans don’t adjust their bad eating habits after reading nutrition labels, but when they are provided information that is easy to understand, like connecting the amount of exercise needed...
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Anyone returning from an Ebola-stricken country will be monitored by health authorities for three weeks
All travelers who arrive in the U.S. from the Ebola-stricken countries — Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia — will be closely monitored for 21 days by public health officials, Dr....
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In Senate race, McConnell and Grimes differ on health care
By Cheyene Miller University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison...
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Medicaid expansion boosts preventive care
More Kentuckians than ever are using preventive care services since the state expanded Medicaid on Jan. 1, reports FamiliesUSA, a lobby for federal health reform that included the expansion. Recent data...
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Rural Ky. hospitals make sure they are ready for Ebola
Rural hospitals in Kentucky are making sure they are prepared in the event they get a patient with the Ebola virus, Bill Estep reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The risk of Ebola...
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News media blamed for most of Ebola scare; experts continue to say that risk of infection is low
The reaction of many Americas regarding the Ebola virus has gone beyond what is medically necessary, but is a natural reaction to fear, Maggie Fox reports for NBC News. Medical...
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Nine hospitals in Kentucky get maximum Medicare penalty for readmissions; they blame socioeconomic factors
Article updated 10/20/2014 Nine hospitals in Kentucky, eight of them in Appalachia, have been hit with the highest penalty possible by Medicare for high rates of patient readmission. This is...
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Telemedicine helps reduce waits for mental-health patients in ER and provides better health-care access in schools
Health professionals have used telemedicine to help delay Alzheimer’s disease and reduce hearing loss in Appalachia, especially among children. Now the new approach is helping students access health care, and mental-health...
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2014 Kentucky Rural Health Day observance includes a photography contest; submissions are due by Nov. 7
Part of the 2014 Kentucky Rural Health Day celebration this year is the “Bridges to Rural Health” Photo Contest. Participants are asked to submit photos that express this year’s theme,...