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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Counties sue painkiller distributors, giving them part of the blame for the opioid epidemic that is costing taxpayers

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At least 19 Kentucky counties are suing wholesale distributors of pain-killing drugs, alleging that they have contributed to the state'...

Nonprofit hospital firm in Northern Ky. gives UK $2.5 million for scholarships for students at new med school going up in area

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St. Elizabeth Healthcare has given the University of Kentucky $2.5 million for a tuition scholarship program at the medical school UK plan...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Kaiser foundation sets briefing for news media on its 2017 Employer Health Benefits Survey for Tuesday, Sept. 19

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The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust will hold a web briefing for the news media Tuesday, Sept. 19...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Appalachian Ky. is short of most types of health-care providers, though it has the poorest health of any region in the state

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Appalachian Kentucky has fewer dentists, primary-care providers and specialty physicians than the rest of the state. It has more mental-hea...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

2017 sees a sharp drop in the number of Kentucky school districts implementing 100 percent tobacco-free school policies

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Nov. 16, 2017 correction: This story has been edited to reflect that 12 school districts passed 100 percent smoke-free laws in 2016, not 16...

Ky. Health Issues Poll issues regional reports; one notes local efforts to improve diet and exercise in Eastern Kentucky

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eastern Kentucky leads the state in bad health statistics, but when it comes to diet and exercis...

Research associates painkillers with 1/5 of recent reduction in labor force; Kentucky is among the most affected states

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Brookings Institution map; click on it to see a larger version that displays counties more clearly. Princeton University economist A...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

UK program that cares for addicted moms and their babies during and after pregnancy could become new model of care for nation

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Mya Slone, a mother in the program (Photos by Cassandra Giraldo, Vice News) Kentucky Health News An innovative program in Lexington ...

Hepatitis C symptoms can mimic other diseases, thwarting diagnosis; Ky. infection rate is nation's highest; screening needed

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With a range of symptoms that lasted for years that culminated so badly that her doctors thought she had cancer, Gail T. Wells finally foun...

Dr. Maurice Oakley, an ophthalmologist from Ashland, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association

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Dr. Maurice Oakley Dr. Maurice Oakley, an ophthalmologist from Ashland, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association , an o...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

Each Kentucky county has only one insurer with Obamacare exchange plans for 2018 after Anthem pulls out of 61 counties

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Kentucky Department of Insurance map shows Anthem's remaining counties in blue, Care Source counties in peach. (An earlier version...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Trump administration says Obamacare ads are no longer necessary, but research in Kentucky says otherwise

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As the Trump administration works toward cutting 90 percent of the Obamacare advertising budget, research in Kentucky shows that "less...