Category: YOUR HEALTH
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KET program will focus on children’s health this Sunday
A discussion about the problems Kentucky families and children face on a daily basis will be at the heart of this week’s “One to One” with Bill Goodman on KET....
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New report lists contaminant, treatment violations at Kentucky’s 461 public water systems
Reporters can now find out if their local public water systems were recently cited with violations related to contaminants in the water or inadequate treatment. The Kentucky Division of Water‘s...
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Large percentage of patients with dementia given drugs they don’t need; see how your nursing home is doing
Kentucky reporters can now see how the nursing homes in their area are treating patients with dementia. The Boston Globe has published a list of all the nursing homes in...
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Six Kentucky community health centers receive $3.7 million in grants
Kentucky has received $3.7 million in grants to expand six community health centers, part of an effort to improve access to primary care. The federal funds were distributed through the...
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Coventry must extend contract with Appalachian Regional Healthcare until Nov. 1, judge rules
Conventry Cares must continue its contract with Appalachian Regional Healthcare through Nov. 1 so the 25,000 Eastern Kentucky Medicaid patients affected don’t get “thrown under the bus,” a federal judge...
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Graphic warning labels help smokers remember tobacco health risks, study finds
Study participants looked at these two images whileresearchers assessed how effectively they were viewed.Graphic by Penn Medicine. Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages can help smokers remember the message and...
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With more than 2,000 product recalls in 2011 alone, consumers may be suffering from ‘recall fatigue’
Regulators, retailers and manufacturers are getting worried that the public is suffering from “recall fatigue.” Last year, there were 2,363 recalls, according to data from the U.S. Food and Drug...
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University Hospital cuts contribution to U of L by half
University Hospital. Photo by Bill Luster, The Courier-Journal. In the midst of financial woes, University Hospital gave just half of what it normally does to the University of Louisville Health Sciences...
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Facing budget shortfalls, many county and district health departments cut hours and staff
Reduced hours and staff will be the new reality for many health departments across Kentucky starting in July as they deal with funding shortages and changes. Though the total amount...
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Black lung affects Kentucky surface miners more than those in other states, CDC study finds and Courier-Journal reports
Photo by Getty Images. Nearly 4 percent of surface coal miners who work in Central Appalachia who were tested for a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...