Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Kentucky 6th in obesity; state rate rises for 2nd consecutive year
“It’s official: Kentucky is a mecca for blubber,” The Courier-Journal‘s Darla Carter reports. The state has the sixth highest rate of obese adults, is one of just six states whose...
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Louisville’s University Hospital limits care for non-local patients
University Hospital in Louisville has been forced to stop providing some free or deeply discounted care to patients who live outside Jefferson County. The number of low-income patients coming to...
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Medicaid matters, and makes people healthier, study finds, contradicting argument that it’s worse than no coverage
Though the overhaul of Kentucky’s Medicaid program has its critics and could potentially be confusing to patients, the program itself is very important, acording to a new study. It found...
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State awards Medicaid managed-care contracts to 4 firms, including Passport; networks to be established by Oct. 1
In an effort to save $1 billion in the next three years, and fill a hole in the current state budget, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky’s Medicaid program...
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Webinar next week will spotlight county-by-county health data
How can you find by-county health statistics and other other key health resources? That will be the focus of a July 13 webinar, hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The free webinar,...
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UK prof receives Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians award
Dr. Samuel Matheny has received the 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians. “It is his peers recognizing him for some of his unselfish activities, particularly...
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Generals in Kentucky, the national leader in young-adult obesity, say the ‘too fat to fight’ trend is endangering national security
Recent commanders of the Kentucky National Guard say the country could be at risk because America’s youth is too fat to fight, and they urge Congress to take action. A...
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128 Kentucky schools get money for fresh fruits and veggies
More than 50,000 students in 128 Kentucky elementary schools will be served fresh fruits and vegetables in the coming school years as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s Fresh...
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Lexington is most sedentary city in U.S., Men’s Health says
Lexington has been ranked as the most sedentary city in the country by Men’s Health magazine. Or, to put it more bluntly, the laziest. “What hurt Lexington most was the...
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State website helps Kentuckians get health insurance, info
A new government website is aimed at helping Kentuckians wade through the often overwhelming world of health insurance by providing information specific to the new health care law. The Kentucky...