Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Physician-in-chief at Kentucky Children’s Hospital says state can do better by its kids; it ranks 40th in well-being of children
By Dr. Scottie B. Day University of Kentucky A recent report by the 2023 Kids Count Data Book studied how economic well-being, education, health and family support impacts a child’s overall...
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Kentucky Homeplace trains 11 more community health workers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Community health workers fill a vital role in meeting the health-care needs of Kentuckians. Now the state now has 11 more of them. CHWs...
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Kentucky Association of Health Plans is offering free rides at Kentucky State Fair to people who get vaccinated at its site there
he Kentucky Association of Health Plans is hosting its third annual vaccination pop-up clinic at the Kentucky State Fair and while supplies last, will give away free, unlimited ride wristbands...
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Breaking the stigma: ADHD can make rejection feel even worse
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Sitting in high school classes was “always a struggle” for a young Joshua Claytor. He filled his papers with “doodles.” Certain math concepts eluded his...
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Acupuncturists explain how they can help if medication and therapy don’t
By Dennis Kim and Norah Charles University of Kentucky Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles on specific points of the body. In Eastern terminology, it helps stimulate the flow of...
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The ‘sandwich generation’ still supports its children while caring for its parents, which is playing a toll on its health
Kentucky Health News America has Generation X, Generation Z and more, but it also has “the sandwich generation,” adults between 40 and 59 who care for their aging parents and...
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Attorney general files lawsuit against pharmacy benefit managers, manufacturers over alleged insulin pricing scheme
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has filed a lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers and drug manufacturers over an alleged insulin pricing scheme. The lawsuit...
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UK HealthCare joins several other Kentucky hospital systems and will no longer require employees to get a Covid-19 vaccination
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Federal rules requiring Covid-19 vaccinations in health care settings were lifted in early June, and while several of the larger Kentucky hospital systems soon...
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2-1 appeals court ruling will interrupt gender-affirming care for Ky. transgender youth as the new law against it moves through courts
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A federal appeals court panel voted 2-1 last Monday to allow Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth...
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Mobile unit provides addiction recovery, other medical services in Glasgow, Leitchfield, Hodgenville, Bardstown and Lebanon
A drug-recovery company based in Glasgow is using a mobile health-care unit and partnerships with businesses to bring an array of health services to people in the area, Michael Crimmins...