By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News BEATTYVILLE, Ky.-- Fannie Callahan, a 62-year-old woman from Lee County, worked at the local nurs...
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Follow the Money: Nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services Traded Health Care Stocks and Owned Tobacco Stocks While in CongressHealthy Care Renewal
At least the US president-elect seems to be making the problems of conflict of interest s and health care corruption less anechoic . Dr P...
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Medicare cuts 11 Ky. hospitals for patient-safety issues; repeaters in Louisville, Danville, Hopkinsville, Lexington, Paducah, FlorenceHealthy Care
The federal government is penalizing 11 Kentucky hospitals for falling short on patient safety in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, two m...
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Substance-use treatment under Medicaid jumps, following expansion of program and increase in abuse of painkillersHealthy Care
Kentucky's expanded Medicaid program covered approximately 11,000 substance-use treatment services in the second quarter of 2016, a hu...
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The New Right presents - gouttes anti-odeur de merde Healthy Research
THE NEW RIGHT... An oblique and not so oblique Christmas blog posting with thanks to one keen-eyed reader for sharing this disturbing foota...
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Kentucky likely to get measures to restrict malpractice lawsuitsHealthy Care
The coming Republican control of state government makes it likely that doctors and other health-care providers will get from the General Ass...
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Anecdotal reports suggest that injured teen athletes who are prescribed opioids are getting addicted, but research is conflictedHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three high-school athletes, two playing football and one a swimmer, recently told NBC News how t...
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1/3 of long-term prescription opioid users say they're addicted Healthy Care
One-third of long-term opioid users in the U.S. report being addicted or dependent on the painkillers, and nearly all of the long-term users...
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Report again ranks Kentucky 49th in well-being for seniors Healthy Care
Kentucky held onto its 49th spot for the seventh year in a row in a new ranking of seniors' well-being, with West Virginia following clo...
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Study finds a community awareness campaign increased uptake of low-dose CR scan, which can detects lung cancer earlyHealthy Care
A community awareness campaign in Eastern Kentucky about a low-dose CT scan that detects lung cancer early has increased uptake of the proce...
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Ky. had biggest drop in uninsured low-income people, and in percentage of adults who passed up care because of costHealthy Care
Kentucky had the largest drop in low-income, working-age people without health insurance, and the biggest decline in adults who passed up me...
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DeVry Education Group, Owner of American University of the Carrbbean and Ross University Schools of Medicine, Settles Allegations of Deceptive MarketingHealthy Care Renewal
The parade of legal settlements made by large health care organizations just keeps stepping along. The latest entry in it was DeVry Educat...
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Fewer teens are using drugs and alcohol than their counterparts did in the 1990s, nationwide and also in KentuckyHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new national study shows teen drug and alcohol use are at their lowest rates since the 1990s, a...
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Surgeon general calls youth e-cigarette use a public health threat Healthy Care
image Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids The Office of the U.S. Surgeon General issued its first report on electronic cigarettes Dec...
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Be careful in cold weather, which makes heart attacks, strokes and blood clots more likely; also watch holiday stressHealthy Care
UK medical school at Bowling Green, similar to deal with Ashland and Morehead hospitals, is aimed at addressing doctor shortageHealthy Care
The Medical Center and Western Kentucky University already cooperate on other health-care education programs. Officials and civi...
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KentuckyOne Health will no longer manage U of L hospital; executive that helped do the deal gets $1.5 million to go awayHealthy Care
The University of Louisville and KentuckyOne Health are ending the joint operating agreement under which KentuckyOne has managed the Unive...
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Surgeon UK ousted has his say in Lexington TV reportHealthy Care
A renowned surgeon barred from practicing or teaching at the University of Kentucky for abusive behavior said in a television interview t...
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Ky. again No.1 in adult smoking: 25.9 percent, just ahead of W.Va.Healthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Once again, Kentucky ranks first for its adult smoking rates, barely inching ahead of West Virgin...
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Many Kentuckians on Obamacare have higher deductibles, fewer options and fewer providers; signup deadline extendedHealthy Care
Kentuckians who are signing up for health insurance through the federal exchange are not only facing higher prices and fewer plan options, t...
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