Most Kentuckians don't think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers' rates

Most Kentuckians don't think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers' rates

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By a very small margin, Kentuckians think insurance rates should be higher for smokers if the insura...

Local food experts discuss changes in food culture, how to capitalize on it, and how to get healthy food to all

Local food experts discuss changes in food culture, how to capitalize on it, and how to get healthy food to all

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Story and photo by Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Local food experts gathered at the University of Kentucky April 9 to discuss how Ken...

Tennessee churches encourage healthier living

Tennessee churches encourage healthier living

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Sulphur Wells Church of Christ  in Henry County, Tennessee, a few miles away from Paris, Ky., is challenging people to eat and think healthi...

Baby is born on Interstate 65 in Louisville during traffic blockage for President Obama's motorcade; father, nurse tell story

Baby is born on Interstate 65 in Louisville during traffic blockage for President Obama's motorcade; father, nurse tell story

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Nurse and EMT worker and baby Photo from Floyd Memorial Hospital Facebook page A baby boy was born along Interstate 65 April 2 in Louisvil...

Living in a community with high income inequality is bad for your health, study says

Living in a community with high income inequality is bad for your health, study says

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A study by researchers at the  University of Wisconsin  for the  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  found that not only factors such as smoking...

Higher-income Kentuckians' reported health keeps declining; reports from those with lower incomes go up, marginally

Higher-income Kentuckians' reported health keeps declining; reports from those with lower incomes go up, marginally

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A statewide poll again finds that Kentuckians with higher incomes consider themselves in better health than those with lower incomes. The la...

New diabetes cases in expanded-Medicaid states much higher than other states; 46,000 new Ky. Medicaid clients got screened

New diabetes cases in expanded-Medicaid states much higher than other states; 46,000 new Ky. Medicaid clients got screened

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New diabetes cases among poor Americans are much more numerous in Kentucky and other states that hav...

Auditor will hold meetings in Prestonsburg, Princeton and Sonerset to discuss his report on financial status of rural hospitals

Auditor will hold meetings in Prestonsburg, Princeton and Sonerset to discuss his report on financial status of rural hospitals

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State Auditor Adam Edelen will hold three public meetings in rural communities to discuss the findings of his  special report about the fin...