Category: YOUR HEALTH
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New guidelines for cholesterol management spark controversy; faulty risk calculator could lead to over-prescribing statins
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released new guidelines for cholesterol management, a new formula to assess heart attack and stroke risk, and guidelines for lifestyle modifications...
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Community paramedics program could help provide primary-care services, help address state’s provider shortage
Next spring, the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services could establish a community paramedics pilot program that has the potential to ease the state’s shortage pf primary-care health providers. The idea was...
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Great American Smokeout is Thursday, Nov. 21, featuring supportive characters to share on social media and a Twitter chat
The American Cancer Society‘s annual Great American Smokeout will be held Thursday, Nov. 21. The event encourages smokers to quit smoking, or make a plan to quit smoking, that day. Quitting,...
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Ky., high in childhood obesity, fights it with better school meals, increased activity requirements and maybe help from Big Bird
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky children are some of the nation’s fattest. In 2011, the last year for which data are complete, Kentucky ranked sixth in the U.S....
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Obama says health policies that don’t comply with reforms can be renewed for another year; state will let insurance firms decide
People with insurance policies that don’t measure up to the federal health-reform law will be able to renew them for another year, President Obama announced today in an effort to...
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Pike County officials urge newly eligible residents to sign up for health insurance before Dec. 15
A call to action. That’s what Pike County officials are calling their efforts to encourage citizens to sign up for health care insurance, as called for by the Patient Protection...
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Health care’s culture doesn’t encourage doctors to report medical errors of colleagues; article says patients should come first
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Doctors are often aware of their colleagues’ medical errors, but fail to report them because of a culture that does not support or encourage...
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Bill Clinton says Obama should keep promise on insurance, but knows that won’t work, Washington Post writer says
Former president Bill Clinton’s recent statement that President Obama should change the health-reform law to keep his promise that people who liked their health-insurance plans could keep them or ironic...
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Draft plan for a statewide campaign for better health gets endorsement, much talk at Friedell Committee annual meeting
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A statewide committee of volunteers is on target with its plan for a campaign to make Kentucky a healthier state, an expert in state...
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FactCheck.org finds little support for Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that Medicaid expansion will ‘bankrupt’ Kentucky hospitals
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said on ABC‘s “This Week” Sunday, Nov. 3 that the federal health-reform law may “bankrupt” rural Kentucky hospitals “by overwhelming them with Medicaid patients.” However, health-care...