Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Public Health Week, April 1-7, puts focus on issues
The state Department for Public Health is working to promote National Public Health Week, April 1-7 this year. The week is an annual observance that focuses on critical public-health issues...
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Kynect enrollment accelerates as Monday deadline nears; call center to be open form 8 to 4:30 Saturday and Sunday
Enrollment in coverage through the state’s Kynect health-insurance exchange is accelerating as Monday’s deadline for open enrollment approached. State officials reported Friday that the rate has surpassed 4,000 per day,...
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County Health Rankings officials are coming to Kentucky Tuesday to spotlight local projects to improve community health
State officials and health leaders will gather April 2 at the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort to celebrate Kentucky’s successes in implementing strategies for improving health at the community level,...
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Group overseeing effort to make state healthier hears of ‘dire need,’ tools for improvement
Kentucky’s health is “in dire need of improvement,” but the state has some tools to do that, including health-care reform and the insurance program for its own employees, the group...
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Telemedicine can help delay Alzheimer’s, especially in rural areas, where it starts sooner, Appalachian health conference is told
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Telemedicine is a strategy that can be used to help prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, especially in rural areas, where the disease comes sooner...
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One of every three Kentucky adults didn’t see a dentist last year; key factors are overall health, insurance and income
More than a third of Kentucky adults say they didn’t go to a dentist last year, and one in six said they hadn’t in five years or more, according to...
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Children 8-12 can submit a healthy lunch recipe by April 5 to get chance for trip to Kids’ ‘State Dinner’ at White House
First Lady Michelle Obama is again teaming up with the Education and Agriculture departments to run a nationwide recipe contest to promote cooking and healthy eating by young people. “Teaching...
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UK hospital tells 1,079 former patients that a laptop computer with their medical records was stolen in early February
The University of Kentucky reported Wednesday that personal health information of 1,079 people who had been patients at its hospital was on a laptop computer that was stolen in early...
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New County Health Rankings report shows same counties at top and bottom, but many have shown moves in the rankings this year
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fifth annual County Health Rankings report shows that some Kentucky counties have made great improvements in their rankings over the last five years,...
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Feds, state will allow mid-April enrollment for people who start but don’t complete Obamacare applications by March 31
“The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health-care plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31...