Author: melissa_patrick
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Youth injuries from e-cigarettes spike; FDA is starting to regulate them, but study authors say not enough to protect children
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of young children swallowing or being exposed to the liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes has “skyrocketed,” jumping 1,500 percent from 2012...
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WellCare provides twist-on naloxone nasal atomizers for free, encourages those who know addicts to have naloxone on hand
WellCare of Kentucky and the Kentucky Pharmacists Association have teamed up to provide 1000 twist-on naloxone nasal atomizers for free, in hopes of making it easier for people to administer...
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Bacteria that can’t be treated by any antibiotic now in U.S.; Kentucky ranks first in one type of antibiotic-resistant infection
A colorized scanning of E.ColiCredit: CDC/Jancie Haney Carr For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria that can’t be treated by “last resort”...
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Prevention is the key to surviving tick season in Kentucky, which runs through August; here are some tips
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With outdoor summer activities in full swing, it’s important to remember that tick season, which runs from mid-March through August in Kentucky, is upon...
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Health advocacy group says revised Medicaid program should improve health and manage cost, without creating barriers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A health-care advocacy group says the redesign of the Medicaid program should build on the expansion of eligibility and not include any more costs...
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Clinton County coalition works to change the health lifestyle of its children, in an effort to change the local health culture
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Public officials and local leaders in a small, rural county in Southern Kentucky that ranks near the bottom of in the County Health Rankings...
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Study finds most smokers are not satisfied with e-cigarettes and don’t make the switch; study author wishes they would
image www.mirror.co.uk Although e-cigarettes did help a small group of smokers quit smoking traditional cigarettes, most smokers who tried them didn’t find them to be an acceptable alternative, says a...
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Pediatricians’ national group calls for at least one nurse in every school; Ky.’s schools have a long way to go to meet that goal
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s high schools fall far short of new recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics that call for every school in the United States...
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Study says if Ky. cut its smoking rate to the national average, it could save $1.7 billion in health-care costs the very next year
Illustration from University of California-San Francisco By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If Kentucky could cut its smoking rate to the national average, it would save an estimated $1.7 billion...
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Medicaid stakeholders OK with healthy behavior incentives, oppose penalizing recipients who don’t take part in cost sharing
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Groups of people concerned about changes in Kentucky’s Medicaid program are open to the state offering incentives for healthy behaviors, but...