New York Times photo Unintentional injury is the most common cause of death in children under the age of 15; car wrecks are the...
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Robert Martensen's A Life Worth LivingHealthy Care Renewal
Robert Martensen, A Life Worth Living: A Doctor's Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 200...
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...Vic McEwan and moreHealthy Research
Save the Date: 29 June 13:00 - 15:30 @TATE Liverpool A free North West Arts & Health Network & TATE Exchange event The Harmonic ...
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Nelson County starting syringe exchange on one-for-one basis Healthy Care
Requiring "a clean needle for every dirty one . . . isn't the best practice to reduce the spread of blood-borne pathogens such as H...
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Misconception that skin color determines who will get skin cancer is dangerous, medical experts sayHealthy Care
Melanoma is often found in hard to see places that are never exposed to the sun. goldinskin.com The misconception that people wi...
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Medicaid managed-care firm WellCare funds scholarships to train more doctors, psychiatrists and advanced-practice nurses in E.Ky.Healthy Care
WellCare of Kentucky is providing $180,000 for two new University of Kentucky scholarship programs aimed at increasing the number of prima...
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American Academy of Pediatrics says children under the age of 1 should not be given fruit juiceHealthy Care
Children who are less than a year old should not drink fruit juice because it offers them no nutritional benefit, according to new guidelin...
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Tick season is expected to be more dangerous this year; here are lots of tips to keep you protectedHealthy Care
Warm weather and outdoor activities go hand in hand, but it also mean tick season is upon us -- and it's expected to be a bad one this y...
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Organized sports provide about 20 minutes of real exercise per hour of activity; CDC says children should exercise an hour a dayHealthy Care
Wikipedia By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News We live in a world where children are more likely to participate in organi...
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McConnell says he still doesn't know how he will find the votes to get a repeal-and-replace Obamacare bill through the SenateHealthy Care
Mitch McConnell ( Reuters photo by Joshua Roberts) " U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he does...
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State health plan provides free or low- cost diabetic meds and supplies; study finds program improves employees' healthHealthy Care
Kentucky.gov photo An analysis of Kentucky's state-employee health insurance plan, which provides free or reduced-cost di...
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Nurse practitioners want to change law that requires them to make deals with physicians to prescribe strong painkillersHealthy Care
Nurse practitioners Julie Gaskins, left, and Beth Partin own Family First Health in Columbia. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By M...
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Evidence-Based Policy Making? - Dumb Things Politicians Say About Health Care PolicyHealthy Care Renewal
There have been multiple legislative attempts at major health care reform in the US. Typically, such attempts feature considerable public d...
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This week, Sen. Mitch McConnell could start making decisions about what Senate Republicans will put in their health billHealthy Care
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's role in the national health debate "will come into sharp relief this week," Burgess Everett and J...
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Trump budget will include big cuts to Medicaid, maybe work rulesHealthy Care
The detailed budget that the Trump administration will release Tuesday will contain big cuts to Medicaid, reflecting the approach of the hea...
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Paul tells doctors and officials at Ashland hospital, a beneficiary of Medicaid expansion, that the country can't afford to keep itHealthy Care
Sen. Rand Paul at the hospital. ( Daily Independent photo by Rachel Adkins) The nation can't afford to continue the expansio...
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National committee studying health impacts of surface coal mining in Central Appalachia to have first meeting in region TuesdayHealthy Care
A national committee studying the health impacts of surface coal mining in Central Appalachia will have its first public meeting in the regi...
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Ky. is a national leader in hepatitis C, but many counties at risk shun syringe exchanges that could prevent disease oubreaksHealthy Care
"Growing intravenous drug use by people sharing syringes to inject heroin and other substances" has helped make Kentucky a nationa...
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