Category: YOUR HEALTH
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59 percent of Ky. adults have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, linked to physical and mental health issues
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many health-care providers have started looking at adverse childhood experiences when assessing their patients’ poor health because ACEs have...
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Louisville’s Our Lady of Peace opens first retail pharmacist-operated, long-acting injection clinic; will mostly treat opioid abuse
Insider Louisville photo Kentucky is again leading the nation in finding ways to combat the...
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Health officials and advocates list Kentucky’s top 5 health issues, including one newly identified: adverse childhood experiences
About 125 people worked on the state health assessment at theKentucky History Center in Frankfort on Wednesday, March 22. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A group of about 125...
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The divide between dentistry and medicine can have deadly consequences; policymakers are getting more interested
(Photo from ancienthistorybulletin.ca) As anyone who has ever mistakenly thought that medical insurance would cover their visit to the dentist knows, the worlds of medicine and dentistry don’t overlap much....
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High-school students’ research finds smokers are more likely to want to quit smoking after seeing their carbon monoxide levels
Taryn Kerley and Becca Calvert, Barren County High School seniors Cigarette smokers who saw their carbon monoxide levels rise after they smoked were more likely to want to quit smoking,...
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Baptist Health lays off 288, loses its CEO amid losses
Steve Hanson Kentucky’s biggest hospital operator, Baptist Health, is going through a shakeup. The not-for-profit firm said last week that it would lay off 288 employees, most of them at...
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Better-off Kentuckians exercise more; foundation CEO says policymakers can help increase access to exercise venues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health status and income matter when it comes to being physically active. Kentucky adults who reporting good health and higher incomes also saying they...
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Kentucky lawmakers have passed several health-related bills to deal with the opioid epidemic, and could pass several more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The 2017 General Assembly has passed several bills meant to put more “tools in the toolbox” as the state works to...
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After meeting with Trump, Rep. Andy Barr tells town meeting that he will vote ‘enthusiastically’ for Republican health-reform bill
.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:1px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} Lexington Herald-Leader video A day after meeting with President Trump, Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Lexington told constituents Saturday that he would vote for the...
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New Medicaid boss, mentor Pence and Trump seek changes in program like some Bevin has asked her agency to approve for Ky.
Seema Verma (Getty Images) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The newly confirmed director of the nation’s Medicaid program quickly served notice that she wants states to make changes like those...