Author: melissa_patrick
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Two weeks of high-fiber, low-fat diet brings changes that protect against colon cancer; high-fat diet brings changes with more risk
Two weeks is all it took for a change in diet to increase production of a substance in the gut that may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to...
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Kentucky gets an $8.1 million federal grant to help teachers, other school personnel recognize students’ mental-health needs
The Kentucky Department of Education has been awarded a five-year, $8.1 million federal grant to teach school personnel how to identify mental-health issues and get students the help they need,...
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Most Kentucky hospitals did average or better in new patient satisfaction ratings; seven got top rating and six got bottom rating
Most of the Kentucky hospitals that were rated on a newly released five-star scale for patient satisfaction got three and four stars. Seven of them got a five-star rating and...
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Study finds nutritious food costs more in poor, rural areas, suggests that SNAP (food stamp) policies be changed
A study has found that nutritious foods are more expensive in impoverished rural counties than in urban counties, a phenomenon that doesn’t help public health officials who teach healthy eating...
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Teen use of electronic cigarettes has tripled in one year
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of middle- and high-school students using electronic cigarettes tripled from 2013 to 2014, surpassing the current use of all teen use of...
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Kynect has an app for smartphones
Kentucky’s state health benefits exchange, Kynect, is offering a free mobile app that will provide “on-the-go” access to the health-insurance marketplace. The smartphone app will allow you to log in...
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Baptist Health is first stand-alone health provider to become founding partner of Shaping our Appalachian Region effort
Baptist Health has become the first stand-alone health-care provider to sign on as a founding partner in Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an initiative to improve the economy of Eastern Kentucky....
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Federal agency offers a consumer-friendly website that ranks patients’ experiences in your local hospitals
Consumers now have access to a website that ranks 3,500 hospitals around the country on patients’ experiences to help them choose a hospital and better understand the quality of care...
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New treatment for symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s disease approved by FDA and unveiled at UK
Portable infusion pump used to deliver Parkinson’s drug The University of Kentucky unveiled a new treatment for people with advanced symptoms of Parkinson’s disease at a news conference April 21...
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Kentucky re-bidding Medicaid managed care contracts to address complaints of patients, advocates and health-care providers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State officials are re-bidding Medicaid managed-care contracts that cover more than 1.1 million Kentuckians. The news came as a delight and surprise to many...