How has the federal health-reform law changed your care?

How has the federal health-reform law changed your care?

Unknown 3:04 PM cancer screening, doctors, electronic health records, immunizations, obamacare, physicians, prevention, vaccinations, women's health

Despite the controversy that continues to surround the Patient Protection and Affordable Act five years after its passage, it has probably c...

Authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic will talk on KET about its causes, myths, complications, treatment and prevention

Authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic will talk on KET about its causes, myths, complications, treatment and prevention

Unknown 4:56 PM blindness, books, diabetes, prevention, television, vision

Kentucky Health News The message that the authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic: A Manifesto for Control and Prevention  want readers to ta...

Health reform law drives a trend to include lifestyle changes in a patient's health care plan, alongside traditional medicine

Health reform law drives a trend to include lifestyle changes in a patient's health care plan, alongside traditional medicine

Unknown 4:23 PM health care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, prevention

Lifestyle changes can play a huge role in treating and warding off many health conditions and thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordabl...

Community health groups, with focus on prevention, fight to be part of new setup for lowering health costs, improving outcomes

Community health groups, with focus on prevention, fight to be part of new setup for lowering health costs, improving outcomes

Unknown 1:02 PM accountable care organizations, Affordable Care Act, chronic disease, doctors, health outcomes, health reform, obamacare, physicians, prevention

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is forcing doctors and hospitals to collaborate on lowering health-care costs while improving...

Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

Unknown 4:18 PM childhood obesity, children's health, diabetes, exercise, health reform, Medicaid, obesity, physical inactivity, prevention, smoking, smoking bans, tobacco, walking

Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when ...

State Senate passes bills to lower a barrier to colon-cancer screening and allow patients to synchronize their prescriptions

State Senate passes bills to lower a barrier to colon-cancer screening and allow patients to synchronize their prescriptions

Unknown 8:18 PM cancer, cancer screening, colorectal cancer, General Assembly, legislation, pharmacies, prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two health-related bills, one to remove a financial barrier for colorectal cancer s...

'Medicaid Dashboard' gives county-by-county details on 375,000 who joined program, what screenings they got, what they found

'Medicaid Dashboard' gives county-by-county details on 375,000 who joined program, what screenings they got, what they found

Unknown 9:17 PM cancer screening, county health, data, health reform, Medicaid, obamacare, prevention, research, state government

The expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program under federal health reform marks the biggest change in Kentucky health care since Medic...

Medicare to pay for CT scans of people at high risk of lung cancer

Medicare to pay for CT scans of people at high risk of lung cancer

Unknown 7:35 AM cancer, cancer screening, lung cancer, Medicare, prevention

Medicare will now pay for low-dose CT scans for people at high risk of getting lung cancer, a change welcomed by officials in Kentucky, whic...

Tips for diabetics to stay healthy during the holiday season

Tips for diabetics to stay healthy during the holiday season

Unknown 7:19 PM diabetes, nutrition, prevention

Most people are not affected by occasional overindulging at holiday parties, but diabetics can get in serious health trouble if they aren...

Conference focuses attention on importance of patient- and family-centered care, health education, communication

Conference focuses attention on importance of patient- and family-centered care, health education, communication

Unknown 7:50 AM doctors, health care, health education, hospitals, patients, physicians, prevention

Health education, communicating with physicians, and patient- and family-centered care that empowers patients to be their own best health ad...

Medicare plans to pay for lung-cancer screening, a boon to Ky.

Medicare plans to pay for lung-cancer screening, a boon to Ky.

Unknown 12:29 PM cancer, cancer screening, lung cancer, Medicare, prevention

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  plan to start paying for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans for people at high ris...

Millions of children on Medicaid are missing free check-ups; Kentucky is a little below the national average

Millions of children on Medicaid are missing free check-ups; Kentucky is a little below the national average

Unknown 9:02 AM children, children's health, federal government, managed care, Medicaid, prevention, state government, wellness

Millions of low-income children across the country aren't getting free preventive exams and screenings guaranteed by Medicaid, and some ...

Medicaid expansion boosts preventive care

Medicaid expansion boosts preventive care

Unknown 10:37 AM cancer screening, dental care, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, prevention

More Kentuckians than ever are using preventive care services since the state expanded Medicaid on Jan. 1, reports   FamiliesUSA , a lobby f...

Raw milk suspected as cause of bacterial infections among four children in Hardin County and one in Oldham County

Raw milk suspected as cause of bacterial infections among four children in Hardin County and one in Oldham County

Unknown 9:40 AM bacterial infections, children, children's health, food safety, prevention

Five children in the Louisville region were recently hospitalized with E. coli  bacterial infections, and all had consumed unpasteurized mil...

All adults over 45 should be screened for diabetes every three years, but only half are, and the poor are less likely to do so

All adults over 45 should be screened for diabetes every three years, but only half are, and the poor are less likely to do so

Unknown 2:19 PM diabetes, obesity, prevention

Only about half of U.S. adults that the American Diabetes Association recommends to be screened for diabetes are actually being screened, a...

Researchers say aggressively treating pre-diabetes could stop or delay future diabetic complications

Researchers say aggressively treating pre-diabetes could stop or delay future diabetic complications

Unknown 7:12 AM diabetes, exercise, obesity, prevention

Treating pre-diabetes as if it is diabetes could delay or prevent future related health complications, according to doctors from three leadi...

Free, day-long forum Sept. 16 in Louisville will explore doing health care differently; registration almost full

Free, day-long forum Sept. 16 in Louisville will explore doing health care differently; registration almost full

Unknown 4:30 PM Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, health policy, prevention

A free one-day conference will be held Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Louisville to explore policy opportunities and challenges related to doing heal...