Author: Al Cross
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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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Health-law expert says Bevin’s idea to cap Medicaid enrollment or use a lower income limit than 138% of poverty ‘is a nonstarter’
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...
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Great American Smokeout is Thursday, Nov. 19
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...
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Bevin’s plan to scale back Medicaid didn’t hurt him in Republican counties with high percentages of population on Medicaid
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...
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Kentucky is among states with low rates of screening for cancers of the private parts, and thus has a higher death rate from them
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...
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National reporting on Bevin’s health-care plans is generally good, but sometimes off the mark; here’s an important example
By Al Cross Editor and publisher, Kentucky Health News Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Associate extension professor of journalism, University of Kentucky Kentuckians’ election of Matt Bevin,...
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Four ways to stop the Great Diabetes Epidemic, which affects 1 in 7 Kentuckians and could affect 1 in 4 (those with pre-diabetes)
By Isaac Joyner, MPH and Gilbert H. Friedell, M.D. Kentucky has a state bird, the cardinal; a state flower, goldenrod; and a state tree, the tulip poplar. And now, thanks...
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Bevin and Medicaid expansion featured on HBO’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ comedy show; illustrated philosophical divide
Oliver discusses Bevin on “Last Week Tonight.” The future of Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion was a topic for liberal comedian John Oliver on HBO‘s “Last Week Tonight” Sunday night. It was short on...
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Most registered voters, including 27% of Bevin backers, want to continue the state’s expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare
The expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state health program, has solid support among Kentuckians despite being an issue in Tuesday’s election for governor. Most registered voters in the latest Bluegrass Poll...