Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Shortages of insurance providers and hospitals lead to higher insurance premiums under Obamacare in rural areas
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was designed to make it easier for uninsured Americans to buy insurance at an affordable rate. But the exact opposite is happening in...
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Ovarian cancer screening is critical in detecting tumors that don’t show up on clinical exams, and increases chance of survival
Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear joined some of the state’s female legislators to highlight the importance of screening for ovarian cancer, which can be done for free through the University of...
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Weekly newspaper’s editorial advises readers to ignore ‘irresponsible rhetoric’ about Obamacare and find out the facts
The Sentinel-News, a twice-weekly newspaper in Shelbyville, reminded Kentuckians to pay close attention to the “irresponsible rhetoric” surrounding the launch of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Since registration...
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Students in Kentucky are invited to celebrate Farm to School Week in annual Farm to School Art Contest
Kentucky students are invited to participate in the third annual Farm to School Art Contest, which celebrates Farm to School Week. Entries must be drawn on 8 1/2-by-11-inch white unlined...
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Free-for-all food program increases student participation, raises Ky. breakfast count by 25% with only 39% of districts participating
Kentucky schools participating in a program that provides free breakfast and lunch to all students in high-poverty schools have significantly increased student participation in school lunch and breakfast programs, Charles...
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Every Kentucky county has a local group working on health issues, foundation finds in compiling Health Coalitions Directory
For the first time, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has documented that every Kentucky county has a local group working on health issues. All 120 counties are listed in...
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Ky.’s successful rollout of health-insurance exchange prompts New York Times to profile Beshear as ‘a man on a mission’
A weekend article in The New York Times describes Gov. Steve Beshear as a man determined to prove that the health-reform law works, and says Kentucky stands out in many ways...
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Resigned heart surgeon wins settlement from UK, which plans to upgrade program he left but won’t say why it was suspended
Dr. Mark Plunkett The University of Kentucky will pay Dr. Mark Plunkett more than $1 million as part of a settlement after Plunkett’s pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program at UK was...
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KET program to feature citizens who work in three programs to improve the health of Kentucky children
The next episode of KET‘s “Health Three60” series will be a program that features citizens who have made a difference in the health of Kentucky children. “Champions for Children’s Health”...
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Lexington TV reporter was moved to donate a kidney to a still-unknown stranger and hopes her story will encourage others
Lexington television reporter Leigh Searcy donated one of her kidneys to an unknown stranger and explained it to her 5-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son this way: “It’s like having two...