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Fewer Ky. teens smoke, but the rate is still high, and new vaping products like the Juul create worry that this trend will reverse
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s high-school students continue to smoke at higher rates than their national counterparts, but the good news is that their rates continue to drop....
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63 percent of Kentucky’s children get their health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 60 percent of American children are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data. Kentucky’s...
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Federal judge says he will rule in Medicaid lawsuit by June 30; changes are set to start rolling out, county by county, on July 1
After hearing oral arguments Friday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., said he will rule by June 30 whether federal law allows states to require people in Medicaid to work...
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Beshear sues Walgreens, alleging it worsened opioid epidemic by not reporting unusually large drug shipments top Kentucky
Attorney General Andy Beshear is suing Walgreens for “allegedly failing to legally monitor its own operations that shipped and dispensed large quantities of opioids through its more than 70 locations...
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Weekly newspaper tells the story of a transgender woman, 19
The Lebanon Enterprise, which under Editor-Publisher Stevie Lowery has a recordof tackling sensitive subjects, broke new ground last week with a story about a 19-year-old transgender woman. The story by reporter Emily...
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Bowling Green hospital no longer releases information about births, in an effort to keep infants safe from possible abduction
The Medical Center at Bowling Green no longer releases information about births to the news media or through social media, following recommendations from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “This is...
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Pikeville Medical Center, citing bad decisions by prior management, continues to reduce staff, this time by laying off 100
Pikeville Medical Center, Eastern Kentucky’s largest hospital, is cutting its workforce to correct what CEO Donovan Blackburn called “poor business decisions” by his predecessor, Walter May. “The news comes a...
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Half of Americans 30 and older, and almost half of Kentuckians that age, have advanced gum disease that can lead to tooth loss
Half of Americans aged 30 and older have a disease of the gums called periodontitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If left untreated, gum disease can...
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Cancer Society says screening for colon cancer should start at 45, not 50; Ky. leads the nation in colon cancer and deaths from it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to rising rates of colorectal cancer among younger people, the American Cancer Society now recommends that adults with a normal risk for colon cancer get their...
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Celebrity suicides raise concern about ‘contagion;’ Ky. rate higher than most states; experts say we need to talk about it openly
“The suicides of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain just days apart . . . have mental health professionals worried about the potential for what’s known as...