Which analgesic, or over-the-counter pain medicine, to take?
“You probably have at least three kinds of painkillers in your bathroom medicine cabinet, but they’re not all designed to treat the same types of discomfort,” Erin Brodwin writes for...
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“You probably have at least three kinds of painkillers in your bathroom medicine cabinet, but they’re not all designed to treat the same types of discomfort,” Erin Brodwin writes for...
In his successful campaign for governor, Republican Matt Bevin said he would not continue to enroll in the Medicaid program people with incomes at 138 percent of the federal poverty...
Thursday, Nov. 19, is the Great American Smokeout, a day when smokers are encouraged to quit for the day and make a plan to quit for good. That remains important...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Armed with data and an unusual dose of emotion, outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear urged Gov.-elect Matt Bevin to reconsider his positions and keep the...
Gov.-elect Matt Bevin vowed to scale back the state’s Medicaid expansion, but that didn’t seem to hurt him much in counties with a high percentage of Medicaid recipients, as they...
The annual Kentucky Kids Count report on the well-being of the state’s children says that we lead the nation in smoking by pregnant mothers, that one in four Kentucky children...
Poor, minority and rural residents are less likely to be screened for breast, colorectal and cervical cancers and more likely to have high mortality rates from the diseases because they...
UK College of Nursing faculty members Sharon Lock, Amy Delre and Samantha Gilbert A new community health center in Wilmore operated by the University of Kentucky College of Nursing celebrated...
Lora Lee Howard photo: Matt Barton Lora Lee Howard, a University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agent in Clay County, has received the 2015 Family and Consumer Sciences Professional of the...