Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Jury tells nursing home to pay $1 million to former resident
A Fayette County jury has decided that Lexington’s Cambridge Place Nursing Home will have to pay more than $1 million in damages to a former resident who fell and was...
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Funds available for critical-access hospitals, rural health-care providers through new federal program
Critical-access hospitals, physician-owned organizations and rural health-care providers are now eligible for federal funds that will help them implement necessary infrastructure and information-technology systems, the U.S. Department of Health and...
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Almost $675,000 awarded to five facilities to improve health services, reduce disparities
Grants totaling nearly $675,000 will go from the Social Innovation Fund through the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky to help five Kentucky facilities improve access to health services, reduce health...
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Beshear may need to support meds-for-meth bill for it to pass, Conway says
Passage of a “meds-for-meth” bill next year could depend on how a re-elected Gov. Steve Beshear feels about the issue, on which he has not taken a position, Attorney General...
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Twice as many kids are killed on roads and streets on Halloween as on any other day, but many parents fail to discuss safety
Only one-third of parents talk to their children each year about how to stay safe on Halloween, a study released by the Safe Kids Fayette County Program has found, even...
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Halloween treats can be healthy, and trick-or-treaters with diabetes can still be part of the fun
It wouldn’t be Halloween without candy and chocolate in pillowcases and paper sacks. But with childhood obesity and diabetes rates looking as scary as the ax murderers and zombies knocking...
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The Halloween candy face-off: Real Simple magazine tries to answer which candy is healthier
A nutritional analysis by Real Simple magazine pitted favorite Halloween treats against one another to see which are healthier. While neither winner is necessarily good for you, the competition offers...
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Tips for staying safe this Halloween include avoiding decorative contact lenses
Though ghouls and goblins willbe out in full force, there will be other, unexpected dangers lurking on Halloween, some before kids even leave the house. Though glowing, oddly-colored eyes might...
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Clinic in Greenup will offer free ovarian cancer screenings for Northeast Ky. women
Women in Northeastern Kentucky will be able to receive free ovarian cancer screenings thanks to funding that will set up a clinic in Greenup County. The clinic is intended for...
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Rosalynn Carter Fellowships help journalists report about mental health; applications due April 16
The Carter Center Mental Health Program is providing six Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for journalists to report on a selected mental-health or mental-illness topic for one year. The center overseen by...