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1 in 3 don't get potentially life-saving screening for colon cancer, second leading cause of cancer death in Ky. and U.S.
Federal officials said Tuesday that although detecting colon cancer early saves lives, only about two-thirds of Americans aged 50 to 75 have...
Kentucky nursing homes rank 40th in the nation in new survey; reformers ask governor to create special task force for action
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Study shows a 15-minute, moderate-speed walk a half-hour after eating can control older folks' spikes in blood sugar
It's no news that walking is good for your health or for preventing diabetes, but a new study published in Diabetes Care says a 15-min...
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Nursing homes push for lawsuit protection with fast-moving bill and broadcast ads; newspaper editorials excoriate sponsor, industry
A state Senate committee has approved a bill that would require lawsuits against nursing homes to clear a review panel before going to cour...
Lame-duck Congress could cut funding for critical access hospitals; more than two dozen in Kentucky
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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
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Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
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I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
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Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ... -
I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
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Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
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Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
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Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
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Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piec...
