Tag: research
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Report shows race and ethnicity matter when it comes to health
When it comes to health, your race and ethnicity matter, says a recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky report. A study of federal and state polling data found that multiracial...
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Giving employees money to spend on local produce could improve their health, lower insurance costs, pilot program shows
Photo: Charles Bertram, Lexington Herald-Leader A pilot program that gave Lexington-area employees money to spend on fresh, local produce boosted their health and local agriculture, Janet Patton reports for the...
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Public health researchers and geologists combine research to create radon risk potential maps for state and 15 Ky. counties
University of Kentucky health researchers and geologists combined their research on radon and created a map that shows which parts of Kentucky have the highest risk of radon exposure, and...
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Survey of low-income Kentuckians, Arkansans suggests expansion of eligibility for Medicaid is making them healthier
A survey of people in Kentucky and other states suggests that the 2014 expansion of the Medicaid program under federal health reform is making them healthier. The telephone survey of...
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Study finds 2 new probable carcinogens in e-cigarette vapor; study author says there is no such thing as a healthy e-cigarette
ConsumerReports.org A recent study has detected two probable carcinogens never before detected in the vapor of electronic cigarettes, lending further support to the argument that they are not a healthy...
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Studies: Hour of daily activity counters deathly effects of sitting, but ‘inactive lifestyles are just accepted,’ even by teenagers
image: medicaldaily.com By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of us spend too many hours sitting, and research says it’s slowly killing us, but a new study says that just...
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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...