Dibakar Bhattacharyya and the membrane (UK photo by Ben Corwin) By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky A team of researcher...
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Strawberries could reduce chance of Alzheimer's, study findsHealthy Care
Photo illustration from berries.com Strawberries could help protect your brain from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study ...
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Abortion is on Ky.'s Nov. 8 ballot in a constitutional amendment, a Supreme Court race and some state legislative electionsHealthy Care
WFPL image In just over three months, Kentuckians will have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment that if passed, would s...
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A woman died from Covid-19 because she mistrusted the system and fell victim to one of the shady networks selling quack cures Healthy Care
The pills that Stephanie received in the mail were labeled hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. (Photo by Meredith Rizzo, NPR) N...
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Planning an event? Testing people for Covid-19 at the door can reduce spread by 40% over testing three days ahead, study says Healthy Care
Organizers of events can nearly cut in half the risk of their guests transmitting Covid-19 by testing them at the door, according to a new s...
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Baptist Health Louisville first Ky. hospital with new treatment for benign prostate enlargement, which affects 40% of adult menHealthy Care
Baptist Health Louisville says it is the first in Kentucky to offer an "advanced, minimally invasive treatment" to help men who s...
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Beshear calls for use of masks at indoor events and in schools, more Covid-19 shots as CDC sees all counties at elevated riskHealthy Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map Kentucky still has 80 of its 120 counties are at the highest risk level for Covid-1...
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State rural-health office will get $299,999 a year for the next three years to help veterans get care; one of three such grants in U.S.Healthy Care
The Kentucky Office of Rural Health is one of three organizations in the U.S. to receive a three-year, nearly $900,000 grant from the feder...
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Health insurers offer $20 gift cards for Kentuckians getting first dose or booster of Covid-19 vaccine at schools, health depts.Healthy Care
The trade group for commercial insurers and Medicaid managers in Kentucky is offering $20 gift cards at school and health-department vaccina...
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New text-messaging program launches in Kentucky and four other states to help curb misuse of opioids for pain Healthy Care
The Partnership to End Addiction has announced plans to launch a personalized text messaging program to help curb opioid misuse this summ...
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All pandemic metrics are up in Kentucky (weekly cases +24%), and as school nears, children account for a larger share of casesHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; for a larger version, click on it. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All meas...
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VA Office of Inspection General: (Cerner) Electronic Health Record’s 'Unknown Queue' Caused Multiple Events of Patient HarmHealthy Care Renewal
This report exemplifies many of the issues I've written about since 1999 (i.e., grossly underqualified leadership of EMR design and impl...
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16 Covid-19 vaccine clinics set across Ky. in July and AugustHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eight Kentucky health departments are participating in the "Kentucky Covid-19 Vaccine Extrav...
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Survey seeks views of Kentucky's LGBTQ+ community about their access and interactions with health careHealthy Care
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is looking for participants in a study that aims to learn more about how lesbian, gay, bisexual, tr...
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Saying they are probably unconstitutional, judge extends ruling blocking two Kentucky laws that would greatly limit abortionHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News Saying Kentucky laws limiting access to abortion likely violate the state constitution, a Louisville judge has blocke...
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CDC says 80 Kentucky counties are at high risk of Covid-19 and 33 are at medium risk; Beshear urges seniors to get boostedHealthy Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows risk levels. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With 113 of the state...
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New 988 suicide and crisis lifeline number saw a 30% increase in calls in Kentucky during the weekend it was launchedHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new, easy-to-remember 988 behavioral-health crisis hotline took 220 calls on the first weekend...
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Get a booster now or wait for new BA.4/5 version? Depends on your circumstances, and experts' differing opinions confuse peopleHealthy Care
Getty Images photo via Kaiser Health News By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen Kaiser Health News Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get...
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Kentucky, like most of U.S., sees increases in Covid-19 cases (up 17% last week) and hospitalizations (up 21%); deaths go downHealthy Care
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it . By Melissa Patrick Kentucky He...
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In abortion ruling's wake, Senate GOP caucus chair says Ky. must see to adoption and human services, protect jobs in pregnancyHealthy Care
Senate Majority Caucus Chair Julie Raque Adams (LRC photo) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court's revers...
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Judge lifts injunction against law banning abortion in Ky. after 15 weeks; only clinic doing later abortions had suspended themHealthy Care
"A Kentucky law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy may now be enforced while a legal challenge continues to a state law bann...
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Next medical-cannabis town hall set Tuesday, July 19, in FrankfortHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear's Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee will hold its next town hall meeting...
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We're all tired of the pandemic, but the latest version of the virus is more contagious, so vigilance is needed, health writers sayHealthy Care
President Biden and other top Democrats mingle among a largely unmasked crowd at the Congressional Picnic at the White House on Tuesda...
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