Category: YOUR HEALTH
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All Kentucky public housing under smoking ban as of July 31; some housing authorities are offering help with cessation
As of July 31, all federally funded housing projects are supposed to be smoke-free, a rule that has caused some controversy, but one that has helped some residents to quit...
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Secondhand smoke linked to school absences, ER visits and respiratory symptoms in teenagers; Ky. smoke-free policies lag
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s long been established that exposure to secondhand smoke is harmful to babies and young children. Now a study shows that it’s bad for...
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Ashland Middle School students invent device to pick up needles, win $150,000 technology grant for school
A group of middle school students at Ashland Middle School were inspired to create a device to pick up used syringes after learning that first responders had only rubber gloves and tongs...
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Family that lost a member to overdose raises money for drug education, fosters youth group in Oldham County
An Oldham County family that lost a son and brother to a drug overdose has responded by fostering a drug-education program and a youth group, Amanda Manning reports for The Oldham Era. Mason...
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Sept. 5 continuing education event focuses on opioid recovery, solutions in NE Ky.; features Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland
The upcoming Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center continuing education event will feature Sam Quinones, author of the book Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, which chronicles the rise of prescription...
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State suspends July 1 order that required Medicaid patients in managed care to make co-payments for treatment
Kentucky Medicaid officials have suspended collection of co-payments by patients in managed care, a change they had ordered at the start of July. “The co-pays caught health providers by surprise...
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NE Area Health Education Center wins national award for getting Appalachian students into med school; program going statewide
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center at Morehead won the Center of Excellence Award in Distribution at this month’s national AHEC conference for working to improve the health-care workforce in rural...
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Study finds young people are now more likely to start smoking after they turn 18, not before; calls for more prevention efforts
The celebration in recent years about lower smoking rates among teenagers could end up being all for naught, as a new study shows that more people are likely to now...
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Seven counties in Southern Kentucky stand out as ‘Bright Spots’ in study, pointing the way to healthier communities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nine counties in Appalachian Kentucky have been recognized as “bright spots” when it comes to health, and seven of them adjoin in Southern Kentucky:...
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Reports show what adults in five Kentucky regions think about substance abuse, smoking and other issues
The 2017 Kentucky Health Issues Poll found that significantly fewer Kentucky adults are getting prescriptions for pain medication; that they strongly support smoke-free schools; and that most would like to...