Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Health reform law isn’t as sweeping when it comes to dental coverage, but Appalachian dentists say it should help
Dr. Heather Whitt explains costs to Anita Slone at the Eula HallHealth Center in Floyd County. (C-J photo by Jessica Ebelhar) In Floyd County, almost 40 percent of adults have...
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In Floyd County, opinions about health care reform depend on whom you ask, and in some cases they are surprising
At the Eula Hall Health Center in Grethel, nurse Stephanie Clark takes vitals of Mary Murphy, 54, whose leg blood clot wasn’t treated for 15 years because she couldn’t afford...
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Ky. leads U.S. in emphysema (COPD), but study shows fewer COPD hospitalizations in Ky. places with smoke-free laws
Click on image for larger version People who live in smoke-free communities are less likely to be hospitalized for emphysema, according to a study by the University of Kentucky‘s College of...
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Insurance companies will be allowed to add one more year to policies that don’t comply with reforms; decisions due May 5
Kentucky’s health insurance companies may extend through Oct. 1, 2016, individual and small-group policies that don’t comply with federal health reform, the state Department of Insurance announced Friday. This means...
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Poll: Kentuckians still oppose Obamacare, but favor fixes, not repeal, and think state insurance exchange works well
Most Kentuckians still oppose the federal health-reform law, but think it should be changed rather than repealed, and most think the state health-insurance exchange created under the law is working...
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At National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, Beshear cites Kentucky’s successes
Gov. Steve Beshear told attendees at the 2014 National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday about the progress Kentucky has made in the last two years in its...
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Beshear says Kynect signups show importance of health-care reform to Kentucky’s health; Republican foes keep attacking it
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Opponents of federal health reform kept up their drumbeat Tuesday as Gov. Steve Beshear announced the latest, but still not quite final, signup figures...
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Berea students’ second health fair tackles touchy topics
Della Walters tries to walk straight while wearing “drunk goggles” at the Berea health fair. (Richmond Register photo by Crystal Wylie) Student-run health fairs are becoming more popular across Kentucky,...
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General Assembly’s failure to pass heroin bill incites wrath, calls for local action and a special session
In the final hours of the 2014 legislative session, the House failed to pass Senate Bill 5, which would have helped combat heroin abuse. Some heroin-recovery advocates and community leaders are...
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CEO of Somerset hospital, rated by Consumer Reports as clearly the least safe in Kentucky, is resigning
Mark Brenzel (Photo via Somerset Commonwealth Journal) The CEO of the Kentucky hospital with by far the lowest safety rating from Consumer Reports magazine is resigning. Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is...