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What is high cholesterol and can statin drugs help

WebElevated serum cholesterol is a major heart disease risk factor. There can be a genetic link responsible for high cholesterol, but for the vast majority of us, lifestyle and …

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How to check if your health data was breached

WebThe database you don't want to need: Check to see if your health data was hacked. More than 144 million Americans' medical information was stolen or exposed …

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Dr. SarahBeth Hartlage, who led Louisville COVID vaccine, …

WebHartlage, 36, joined the Louisville Health Department in September 2020. She quickly became the face of the LouVax site at the Kentucky Exposition Center, …

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Norton Healthcare's rise in Louisville: A timeline

WebWhat started as a single infirmary on the corner of Third and Oak Streets in 1886 has grown into more than 400 health care facilities across 31 counties in Kentucky …

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Abortion ban medical exceptions often exclude mental …

WebMeanwhile, 10 states with near-total abortion bans (Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wyoming) explicitly …

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Kentucky is one of the top states with reported cases of …

WebAs of May 2023, about 70% of the U.S. population received their primary series of COVID-19 vaccines. But only 17% of the population has an updated booster …

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Louisville Norton Hospital top program for Alzheimer's …

WebNow six months later, 68 of Norton Neuroscience Institute 's patients have had their first treatment, and the Louisville-based health system has emerged as one of …

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Mental Health: Louisville org hosts art show to celebrate …

WebBridgehaven hosts annual art show. Bridgehaven is hosting its annual art show, Art as a Part of Healing, from 12-3 p.m. on April 27, with all proceeds going back to its …

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Earth Day 2024: When is it

Web"Earth Day is an annual celebration that honors the achievements of the environmental movement and raises awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural …

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How Norton Healthcare became Louisville's second-largest employer

WebOn Nov. 11, Norton Healthcare plans to officially open Norton West Louisville Hospital, an estimated $90 million acute care facility at 850 S. 28th St. It will be the first …

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What causes high blood pressure, how can you treat hypertension

WebMany factors are responsible for our high incidence of uncontrolled hypertension. Here are three examples. First, is poor patient compliance. According to …

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Passport Health Plan: What is Kentucky Passport insurance

WebPassport now is one of five private companies that manage health care for most of the 1.4 million Kentuckians covered by Medicaid, an $11.5 billion program that …

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How bad is smoking, vaping for your health

WebTopping it off, smoking can weaken bones, destroy the health of gums and cause teeth loss, increase the risk of cataracts and macular degeneration, promote …

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Do health shortcuts, like diet pills and powders, work

WebYou place your feet on the machine and it moves your legs. I’ve had several email notes from readers asking me about the benefits of such machines. As is the case …

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How intermittent fasting impacts your gut health or microbiome

WebThe microbiome works all the time and is especially active when you eat and afterward. When you either fast or eat less, you allow the microbiome to take a bit of a …

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Louisville moving from Wellpath to YesCare for Metro Corrections …

WebLouisville Mayor Craig Greenberg in April announced a search for a new health care provider for the city’s jail as part of a series of “seriously needed reforms” at …

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LMPD contracts approved by Metro. What's inside: misconduct, …

WebThe two contracts — one representing rank and file police officers and sergeants while the other representing captains and lieutenants — were approved on a 22-3 and 23 …

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Humana, Baptist Health Kentucky reach new deal for patient …

Web0:04. 0:35. Louisville-based health insurance company Humana and healthcare system Baptist Health have reached a multi-year agreement that successfully …

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Election 2024 voting deadlines, registration, key dates for Kentucky

WebVoting is a constitutional right most hold dear. But it can also be difficult — occasionally by design. The Kentucky Voter's Guide is here to help.

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Businesses can cut employee healthcare costs with direct contracts

WebBy analyzing our claims data, we found our health plan was being charged $3,300 for MRIs that can be acquired for $400 and $11,000 a month for a medication …

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Fierceness latest Kentucky Derby favorite for Forte owner Mike …

WebMike Repole’s Kentucky Derby record reads “0 for 7,” but most will remember the outspoken thoroughbred owner for his two champions who didn’t make the race. In …

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YesCare taking over for Wellpath at Louisville Metro Corrections

WebHere are the details. Louisville Metro Government will pay the jail’s new health care provider, the controversial Tennessee company YesCare, more than $15 million a …

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Marianne Williamson visits Louisville area in last stop for campaign

WebAccording to a Pew Research Study, the percent of adults who live in a middle-class household shrank from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021. Williamson said one president …

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Margaret "Peggy" Voglewede, SCN Obituary

WebMargaret “Peggy” Voglewede, SCN, 82 (formerly Sister Thomas Ellen), was born September 30, 1941, in Hampton, Virginia, the second of nine children of Thomas …

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New York Times documentary a sobering look at drug use in horse …

Web'New York Times presents: Broken Horses' is a new documentary set to debut Friday on FX Network and shows how drug use in horse racing led to deaths.

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Mitch McConnell disturbed by antisemitism on college campuses

WebMcConnell is the longest-serving senator in Kentucky history and only the second-ever Kentuckian to be a majority leader of the Senate, a post he held from 2015-21.

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