Tag: research
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Study finds ADHD meds may help decrease risky behavior, but says more research is needed; ADHD is most common in Ky.
Researchers have found that medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which is more common in Kentucky than any other state, may offer some additional long-term benefits by discouraging children from risky behaviors....
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Latest sign of IV drug spread: Hepatitis C cases among Kentucky women of childbearing age more than tripled from 2011 to 2014
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart shows hepatitis C rates for Kentucky and U.S. Hepatitis C among Kentucky women of childbearing age more than tripled from 2011 to 2014,...
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Study finds no link between tighter controls on prescription opioids and increased use of heroin; some researchers disagree
National overdose-death rates for heroin (red) and prescription opioids (blue) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Soon after Kentucky cracked down on “pill mills” where prescription painkillers were easily available,...
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Kentucky’s 40% surcharge for smokers on Obamacare plans probably scared some away, hasn’t encouraged them to quit
Allowing insurers to charge smokers extra for Obamacare health insurance appears to have discouraged them from getting it, “undercutting a major goal of the law,” Carolyn Y. Johnson reports for...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested more than $3.1 million in 2015 toward improving the health of Kentuckians
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested more than $3.1 million in 2015 to help communities and health policy advocates improve the health of Kentuckians, according to its annual report....
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Widely noted U of L paralysis researcher loses federal funding over concerns about validity of data and oversight of her work
Dr. Susan Harkema Dr. Susan Harkema stepped into the stoplight as a premier medical researcher at the University of Louisville the moment one of her paralyzed patients wiggled his toe....
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Ky. and Southeast lack statewide smoking bans; political climate here has shifted focus to local bans; Hazard just passed one
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hasn’t passed a comprehensive smoke-free law, but neither has any state in the Southeast, notes a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Kids Count report finds Ky. remains in the bottom 1/3 of states for children’s well-being; is this a predictor of the state’s future?
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If Kentucky’s future lies in the well-being of its children, there’s reason to worry, because a recent report shows that Kentucky consistently remains in...
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Donna Arnett, new UK public-health dean, says research is important to reducing Kentucky’s huge health disparities
Donna Arnett, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, says research is essential to reducing Kentucky’s huge health disparities, as illustrated by the recent release of...
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Painkillers appear to increase risk of deaths other than overdoses, according to new study of Medicaid patients in Tennessee
“Accidental overdoses aren’t the only deadly risk from using powerful prescription painkillers,” The Associated Press reports. “The drugs may also contribute to heart-related deaths and other fatalities, new research suggests.”...