Wikipedia By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News We live in a world where children are more likely to participate in organized sports and a...
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Saturday, May 20, 2017
health care access
health care cost
health insurance
insurance
insurance coverage
Medicaid
research
Study of Ind. Medicaid, proposed model for Ky., finds more than half of enrollees missed paying a premium and thus lost coverage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's plan to change Medicaid would require poor people to pay small, income-based premiums...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
chronic disease
federal legislation
health insurance
insurance
Medicaid
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
research
working poor
Low-income adults in Medicaid expansion in Kentucky and Arkansas report better health and medical care, study finds
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two states that expanded Medicaid through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act showed a 41...
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federal legislation,
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Medicaid,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
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Sunday, May 14, 2017
birth defects
contagious diseases
health departments
health education
infant health
mosquitoes
public health
research
Zika
The Zika virus has come to Ky. through travelers, and could spread at any time, but few people know or do much about it
This species of mosquito carries Zika. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As temperatures and travel increase, so does the possible thr...
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Zika
The state is updating its oral health plan and is asking for help; you must register to participate in May 31-June 1 meeting
KET photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky...
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conferences,
dental care,
dental health,
oral health,
public health,
research
Nurses and their allies seek a mandate for a nurse in every school, which they say would improve learning outcomes
Kari Hall, CMA, with a Madison County student By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Putting a full-time nurse in every Kentucky school wou...
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education,
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school nurses,
schools
Monday, May 8, 2017
Cancer
diabetes
exercise
health care access
health rankings
heart disease
life expectancy
obesity
physical activity
research
smoking
tobacco
Life expectancy in 13 U.S. counties declined from 1980 to 2014; eight of them are in one contiguous area of Eastern Kentucky
Map by The Washington Post , based on data from University of Wisconsin Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation A knot of eight Eastern...
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Saturday, May 6, 2017
alcohol abuse
Anxiety
depression
health education
mental health
prescription drug abuse
research
survey
National survey finds many Americans can't identify mental-health problems, and even some who do are unfamiliar with treatment
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than half of Americans recognize symptoms of anxiety, and many don't know what to do about...
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