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Thursday, December 10, 2015

National study and Paducah Sun story illustrate value of local Kynectors, who would be far away if exchange is abolished

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Gwyn Artz, left , of Lexington talked with Miriam Fordham about signing up for health insurance through Kynect during the opening of a ...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

National health scorecard shows Kentucky making improvements

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Graph from The Commonwealth Fund Scorecard website By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky remains in the bottom fourth of ...

New cases of diabetes decrease, but experts continue to call it an epidemic in Kentucky and the U.S.

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The number of new diabetes cases in adults has significantly decreased in Kentucky and the U.S., reversing a trend, according to a federal ...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Health care tops Gov. Steve Beshear's accomplishments

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Gov. Steve Beshear It took six years for Gov. Steve Beshear to establish his main legacy, but it came when he passionately embraced t...
Saturday, December 5, 2015

Republican senators won't block Medicaid expansion funding

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Republican leaders of the state Senate say they will not block the estimated $250 million in spending needed to pay the state's forthco...

First-year UK dental students give dental care to 388 elementary students in four counties through Seal Kentucky program

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UK photo First-year University of Kentucky dental students provided basic dental care and sealants to 388 students this fall at pa...
Friday, December 4, 2015

Almost half of U.S. women have higher stress during the holidays; here are a few tips to minimize it

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With the holiday season come parties, shopping, entertaining, baking, decorating, gift giving, travel, holiday events, holiday cards to sen...

Bevin appoints Louisville health lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services

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Vickie Yates Brown Glisson Gov.-elect Matt Bevin has appointed Louisville lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson to oversee the Cabinet for ...

$54,000 from CDC will help some counties fight obesity, inactivity

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Multiple counties across the state have been awarded federally funded grants from the state  Department for Public Health to help fight obe...

Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox to be replaced

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The recently signed National Defense Authorization Act will provide $80 million to build a new 102,000 square-foot medical facility in Fort...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Big Sandy Diabetes Coalition in E. Ky. helps counties take charge of this disease that affects 15.2 percent of the area's population

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The Big Sandy Diabetes Coalition in Eastern Kentucky works to help the communities it serves take responsibility for ensuring quality syste...

Appalachian smoking cessation studies suggest changes in tactics, such as being blunter with pregnant smokers

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Two long-term smoking cessation projects in Appalachia have prompted researchers to change to a more direct approach with pregnant smokers,...