Paul Prather (Herald-Leader photo) As a minister for more than three decades, Paul Prather has sat with more than his fair share...
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1/4 of Kentucky adults have used e-cigs, but most are under 45 Healthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults have ever tried electronic cigarettes, with the largest percentage of...
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder Healthy Research
No prizes for guessing who this is about! But you may be wrong - if you’re thinking it’s the pop-eyed Oberbürgermeister der Künste und Gesu...
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Is sugar our nutritional enemy? New book claims it isHealthy Care
For about decade as the century started, more and more Americans appeared to obey the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's advice to eat le...
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Study says older adults with arthritis need 45 minutes of moderate activity per week, much less than federal guidelines recommendHealthy Care
Daily Mail photo Older adults with arthritis need 45 minutes of "moderate activity" a week to maintain functional in...
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Republican senators scale back smoking-ban efforts to schools, where officials 'don't want to be tobacco police'Healthy Care
Two Republican state senators who couldn't make progress toward a statewide smoke-free law are shooting for a lesser goal: a ban on use ...
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Former Gov. Steve Beshear warns Republicans that Americans won't respond well to having Obamacare coverage taken awayHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Former Gov. Steve Beshear told a national TV audience that Republicans have done nothing about re...
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New long-acting treatment for opioid-use disorders, tested at UK, is one step closer to submission for FDA approvalHealthy Care
Clinical trials of a long-acting therapeutic treatment to treat moderate to severe opioid-use disorders were shown to be effective, making t...
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Republicans want to block-grant Medicaid but can't agree on howHealthy Care
Most Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump support a plan to turn Medicaid into a block-grant program, which would limit spending ...
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Medicaid expansion had more impact in rural areas, study saysHealthy Care
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act greatly increased access to health care for Americans, especially in rural areas, says an I...
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Will Trump's Leadership Picks Smack Down Health Care? - A Drug Company Lobbyist, an Entrepreneur Who Wants to Weaken Drug Testing, and a Mysterious Billionaire Who Settled Fraud Charges Healthy Care Renewal
President Trump in his inauguration speech promised to reach out to "struggling families" and to benefit "American workers a...
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Eastern Kentucky has some of the nation's highest cancer mortality rates, study findsHealthy Care
Eastern Kentucky has some of the highest cancer rates in the U.S., says a study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Eval...
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Bevin asks Congress to get rid of Obamacare and cut Medicaid eligibility to poverty level if its expansion continuesHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin has taken a stronger stance against Obamacare than his fellow Republican governor...
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Sedentary older women who don't exercise are 'biologically older' than active women, study of their chromosomes showsHealthy Care
Photo from Center for Advancing Health By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that older women who sit for ...
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Federal judge blocks Humana's merger with Aetna; appeal possibleHealthy Care
A federal judge blocked Aetna Inc. 's bid to buy Louisville-based Humana Inc. on grounds that it would reduce competition for consumers...
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How Republicans and Democrats Could Come to a Bipartisan Compromise Over ObamacareHealthy care policy
It's not a question of whether or not Republicans and Democrats will come to a compromise over replacing Obamacare. The Republican attem...
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Sympathy for the Devil - Mr Trump's Adviser on FDA Leadership Prefers Corruption to Boredom Healthy Care Renewal
Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long, long year Stole many a man's soul...
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More students eat lunch and breakfast at schools where number of 'food vulnerable' students qualifies all for free mealsHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Students eat breakfast ( Department of Agriculture photo) Kentucky Health News A program that offers free ...
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Is the Trump Administration on Its Way to Its Own "If You Like Your Health Plan You Can Keep It" Fiasco?Healthy care policy
On Friday night the administration issued an executive order giving Trump administration appointees enormous flexibility in modifying how th...
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Ky. still pursuing Medicaid waiver; Obamacare repeal could convert the program to block grants, giving states more flexbilityHealthy Care
Kentucky will continue pursuing its proposed changes for the expanded Medicaid program even if Congress repeals and replaces the law that au...
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Head lice spread in Hopkins County elementary schools; committee of school staff and parents formed to tackle problemHealthy Care
Head lice are becoming a greater problem in elementary schools in Hopkins County, reports The Messenger , which published the numbers of cas...
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Did Medicaid expansion make people move from non-expansion states to Kentucky? A study suggests it did notHealthy Care
When Kentucky expanded Medicaid and Tennessee and Virginia didn't, did that prompt some people to move from Tennessee and Virginia to Ke...
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Health boards support legislative agenda to change how public health is delivered and paid for, to make Ky. healthierHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At their first-ever statewide meeting, Kentucky's local boards of health voted for their stat...
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