By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Project e-Prevent," a conference designed to help people understand electronic cigar...
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Louisville schools, national school psychologists' group warns about Netflix miniseries on a fictional youth suicideHealthy Care
"A Netflix original miniseries that is getting a lot of attention throughout the country prompted Jefferson County Public Schools to...
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Exercise cuts the risk of damage to your heart, even if you're among the 35 percent of Kentuckians who are obeseHealthy Care
Consumer HealthDay photo Exercise not only lowers the risk of heart damage in middle-aged adults and seniors, but can also redu...
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Study finds childhood obesity quadruples the risk of developing type 2 diabetes; 20 percent of Kentucky's children are obeseHealthy Care
Children who are obese may be four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those considered to have a healthy weight, according...
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Those who exercise have more vitamin D, and both are good for the heart; Kentuckians lag in exercise, and lead in heart diseaseHealthy Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Exercise and good levels of vitamin D are known to contribute to heart health, but tog...
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Community health workers aren't medically trained but help rural people manage their health care and their healthHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As health advocates at the April 24 Kentucky Voices for Health annual meeting discussed how to r...
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Rep. Yarmuth tells health advocates how to fix ACA: restore and maintain subsidies, offer public option to help small, rural countiesHealthy Care
Dustin Pugel and Rep. Yarmuth at the meeting (AARP Ky. photo) Congress needs to maintain subsidies for buyers of Obama insurance ...
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Health Insurance For Me But Not for Thee? - How Legislators Tried to Rig the Repeal of the ACA to Keep Their Own Health Insurance AffordableHealthy Care Renewal
The turmoil swirling around the new Trump administration has flushed into the open some things that the public heretofore was probably not m...
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Can Trump Implode the Obamacare Insurance Exchanges by Killing the Cost Sharing Subsidies?Healthy care policy
He claims he can. Here's my take on last night's PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff. from Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review h...
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Physician charged with illegal prescriptions that caused three deaths; another gets a year in prison on similar chargesHealthy Care
One Southern Kentucky physician was sentenced this month to a year and a day in prison for illegally prescribing painkillers to five people,...
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Proposed changes in Medicaid, especially making beneficiaries earn dental and vision benefits, alarm them and health advocatesHealthy Care
Family Health Centers in Louisville built a dental clinic after Medicaid expanded; under proposed changes people in the expansion wo...
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10-year study finds drinking one or more diet sodas a day nearly triples the risk of having a stroke and Alzheimer's diseaseHealthy Care
A study suggests a connection between diet soda and both stroke and dementia, "with people drinking diet soda daily being almost thre...
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KentuckyOne Health announces another round of layoffs at hospitals, says most in corporate service jobsHealthy Care
KentuckyOne Health is laying off 150 people at its hospitals around the state, and 100 others will be transferred to the University of Loui...
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...all sorts of thingsHealthy Research
First things first - a big congratulations to Alder Hey’s Children’s Hospital Arts for Health service, which has been successful in secu...
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Free webinar on impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Kentucky scheduled for Thursday, April 27Healthy Care
(Image from NeighborWorks.org ) The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will offer a free webinar, "Impacts of Implementation...
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Somerset doctor convicted of Medicaid fraud; sentenced to five years for falsifying smoking-cessation counseling sessionsHealthy Care
Dr. Ezekiel Akande (Photo from Twitter ) A Pulaski County judge sentenced a Somerset doctor on Friday, April 21, to five years i...
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Study suggests a federal medical marijuana program would save billions of tax dollars on prescriptionsHealthy Care
Medical marijuana could save billions of taxpayer dollars now spent on prescription drugs, according to a study published in this month...
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It's time to clean out your medicine cabinet for the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 29Healthy Care
Do you know the expiration dates of the medicines that have been piling up in your kitchen cabinet? If not, you might want to check those ...
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Poll: Almost half of Ky.adults know someone who is depressed, and 30 percent say they don't know where to call for treatmentHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly half of Kentucky adults know someone who has a serious problem with depression, and most s...
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Anti-smoking expert: Cigarettes kill 8,900 Kentuckians a year, so it's time to raise cigarette tax and pass statewide smoking banHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death that we know of," Ellen Hahn, di...
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UK gets $11 million grant to study links between cancer and obesity, two of Kentucky's big health problemsHealthy Care
Kentucky leads the nation in some forms of cancer, and is among the leaders in obesity. Is there a connection? The federal government is giv...
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Americans eat way too much salt, mostly from 25 commonly consumed foods; cutting back reduces risk of high blood pressureHealthy Care
Americans eat too much salt, and a new study found that most of it comes from 25 commonly consumed foods. The top five culprits are bread...
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Water remains the best way to keep kids hydrated while playing sports; sports and energy drinks not necessaryHealthy Care
manhoodtv.com Sports drinks start flying off the shelf as the heat of summer and outdoor ...
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Pontifications About Health Care Reform Written by Insiders Who Benefit from the Status Quo - Worse Than We Think Healthy Care Renewal
Perceptions that the US health care system is dysfunctional and needs major reform go way back. A timeline from the Tampa Bay Times noted ...
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