Category: YOUR HEALTH
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National health scorecard shows Kentucky making improvements
Graph from The Commonwealth Fund Scorecard website By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky remains in the bottom fourth of a states’ health ranking released Dec. 8, but it was one of...
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New cases of diabetes decrease, but experts continue to call it an epidemic in Kentucky and the U.S.
The number of new diabetes cases in adults has significantly decreased in Kentucky and the U.S., reversing a trend, according to a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report,...
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Health care tops Gov. Steve Beshear’s accomplishments
Gov. Steve Beshear It took six years for Gov. Steve Beshear to establish his main legacy, but it came when he passionately embraced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Republican senators won’t block Medicaid expansion funding
Republican leaders of the state Senate say they will not block the estimated $250 million in spending needed to pay the state’s forthcoming share of the Medicaid expansion in the...
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First-year UK dental students give dental care to 388 elementary students in four counties through Seal Kentucky program
UK photo First-year University of Kentucky dental students provided basic dental care and sealants to 388 students this fall at participating elementary schools through the Seal Kentucky program, according to...
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Almost half of U.S. women have higher stress during the holidays; here are a few tips to minimize it
With the holiday season come parties, shopping, entertaining, baking, decorating, gift giving, travel, holiday events, holiday cards to send, family traditions, family gatherings and the list goes on. Sounds like...
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Bevin appoints Louisville health lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Vickie Yates Brown Glisson Gov.-elect Matt Bevin has appointed Louisville lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson to oversee the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which employs about 7,500 people statewide...
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$54,000 from CDC will help some counties fight obesity, inactivity
Multiple counties across the state have been awarded federally funded grants from the state Department for Public Health to help fight obesity and inactivity in their communities, according to a DPH...
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Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox to be replaced
The recently signed National Defense Authorization Act will provide $80 million to build a new 102,000 square-foot medical facility in Fort Knox to replace the existing Ireland Army Community Hospital,...
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Big Sandy Diabetes Coalition in E. Ky. helps counties take charge of this disease that affects 15.2 percent of the area’s population
The Big Sandy Diabetes Coalition in Eastern Kentucky works to help the communities it serves take responsibility for ensuring quality systems of diabetes prevention and care are accessible and utilized...