Tag: research
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Annual study of Ky. kids’ well-being looks at role of race, income and location; includes lots of county-level data, graphics maker
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kentucky Kids Count report has measured the overall well-being of Kentucky’s children for 26 years, but this year’s report digs deeper and...
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New guidelines say sleep aids should only be used short-term; physicians recommends “cognitive behavioral therapy”
Photo illustration: medicalnewstoday.com Sleep aids are readily available to the one-third of adults who suffer from insomnia, but health-care providers are beginning to steer patients away from them because of...
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UK researchers develop video game to teach agricultural safety to college and high-school students
Screen shot of “Hazard Ridge” video game Researchers at the University of Kentucky are using a video game to educate young people about the dangers of agriculture, a line of...
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Republicans agree on bill to speed medical research and drug approval, increase funding; some Democrats want changes
Legislation to speed up the federal approval of new drugs and medical devices and to increase funding of medical research passed the U.S. House of Representatives 392-96 on Wednesday, Nov....
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Elisia Cohen, UK communication researcher, wins award for work in health promotion, education and communication
Elisia Cohen Elisia Cohen, professor and Department of Communication chair in the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky, has received a national award for exceptional research in...
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Daily dose of soda pop ‘batters’ the body’s cells and increases pre-diabetes risk 46 percent, study says; 1 in 3 in Ky. may have it
Illustration by superanimalswallpapers.blogspot.com Drinking a can of sugar-sweetened beverage a day increases your risk of developing pre-diabetes by 46 percent, according to a recent study. The study by the Jean...
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Study: Teens who frequent e-cigs are more likely to become frequent smokers; vaping industry disputes conclusions
Teens who use electronic cigarettes regularly are more likely to become frequent and heavy cigarette smokers, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of the American...
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Teen birth rates are declining faster in urban counties than rural ones, nationally and in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s teen birth rates are dropping faster in its urban counties than in its rural counties, a trend that has also been found across...
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Study finds 78 percent of Kentuckians on Medicaid have coverage through expansion, most of them young adults
Medicaid covered almost 636,000 adult Kentuckians in the second quarter of this year, with the great majority of enrollees covered under Medicaid expansion and almost half of them young adults,...
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Study finds Medicaid is paying for more emergency-room visits while charity care and self-pay visits drop
Emergency room visits have remained fairly steady in Kentucky since 2012, but have increasingly been covered by Medicaid since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according...