Month: June 2015
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Researchers find genetic biomarker that could indicate mental illness in women
Patients’ behaviors and feelings often serve as identifying factors for psychiatric disorders, which can make diagnoses difficult. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that the...
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Know the signs of a heart attack and don’t ignore or dismiss them; quick action can be the difference between life and death
Many people who have a heart attack initially ignore the symptoms or dismiss them. For the best chance of survival and preserving heart function, you should not ignore these symptoms,...
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More dental patients using ERs, showing lack of dental coverage, shortage of dentists and the stepchild status of oral health
More patients are going to hospital emergency rooms for dental care, illustrating how oral health remains the stepchild of the health system despite health-care reform. “An analysis of the most...
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CDC says state spends less than 8% of what it should on preventing use of tobacco; companies spend 13 times as much
Kentucky spends only 7.6 percent of what it should spend on preventing the use of tobacco, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in its latest annual report...
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Study finds that one dose of HPV vaccine that targets only cervical cancer is as effective as three doses, now recommended
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that one dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix appears to be as effective in preventing HPV infections that lead...
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Study outlines historical barriers to tobacco prevention in Kentucky and other tobacco-growing states
A University of Kentucky College of Nursing study published in The Milbank Quarterly has shown that five major tobacco-growing states—Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee—fall behind the rest...
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Half again as many Kentucky newborns were hospitalized for drug dependency last year as the year before
Mother Samantha Adams and her newborn Leopoldo Bautista,10 days old, spend quality time inside the Louisville NortonHealthcare child care center for children experiencing drugwithdrawal. (Photo by Alton Strupp, The Courier-Journal) Increasing...
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsides in all states; ruling has no direct effect on Kentucky, but focuses political debate
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the tax subsidies provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are legal in every state....
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The Homeplace at Midway opens, with cottages for nursing, assisted living, memory care; first ‘Green House’ facility in Ky.
By Kacie Kelly and Al Cross University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The Homeplace at Midway was formally opened Thursday, June 25, bringing to fruition a 16-year campaign...
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Aetna is close to a deal to buy Humana, Bloomberg reports
Getty Images, via CNBC Health insurer Aetna “is said to be closing in on a deal to buy” Louisville-based Humana Inc., Julie Hyman reports for Bloomberg News, “and a deal...