Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Centers for Disease Control honors Lexington physician for her work in promoting immunizations in Kentucky
Grace F. Maguire Grace F. Maguire, medical director of the Thomas H. Pinkstaff Medical Home Clinic in Lexington, has been named 2014 Childhood Immunization Champion in Kentucky by the federal Centers for...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky seeks nominations for its board and Community Advisory Committee by June 30
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is accepting nominations for qualified persons to join its board of directors and its Community Advisory Committee. The 15-member board is responsible for preserving...
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McConnell presses Democratic foe Grimes to say how she feels about Obamacare, but won’t bite on questions about Kynect
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News At his first press conference after winning the Republican nomination for a sixth term, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell pressed Democratic nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes...
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Summer and water recreation offer fun and risk at the same time; prevention is the key to decrease the risk
One of the best parts of summer is splashing in a pool, playing in the back yard sprinkler or swimming in a lake or stream, but recreational water activity always...
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Most Kentucky Medicaid members are allowed to switch managed-care organizations until June 18
Kentucky citizens with traditional Medicaid coverage may switch to a different managed-care organization (MCO) until June 18, Kentucky Voices for Health Board Chair Sheila Schuster notes in a press release....
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Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care presents a problem the Affordable Care Act won’t solve
Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care has been a concern in hospitals, and it’s going to get worse. Even though ERs are not properly equipped to help psychiatric patients, people...
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UK College of Medicine graduate Ashley Loan makes commitment to practice emergency medicine in rural Kentucky
Ashley Loan Ashley Loan graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine on May 17 and plans to practice emergency care medicine in rural Kentucky, Elizabeth Adams reports in...
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Sun exposure can damage eyes; sunglasses decrease risk
Sunscreen, sunglasses. This should be your mantra as you step into the great outdoors this summer. Your skin needs protection from the damaging rays of the sun but so do your...
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Conway funnels $1.5 million in drug-company settlements to develop prevention and treatment plan for kids’ substance abuse
With two lawsuit settlements from drug makers, Attorney General Jack Conway is giving the University of Kentucky $1.5 million over two years to develop a comprehensive plan for the prevention...
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Increasingly common heroin addiction overwhelms agencies
Jails, treatment facilities, drug courts and hospitals are struggling to provide the necessary help as more Kentuckians become addicted to heroin, Chris Kenning writes for The Courier-Journal: “In a state that...