Month: June 2024
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In third round of grants from opioid settlements, director passes on one, saying Coleman opposes syringe-exchange programs
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The leader of the agency that hands out grants from the state’s opioid settlements declined to vote for a grant application that included more...
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Deaths from colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky have declined, but far less than in the rest of the nation, UK study says
Deaths from colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky declined from 1999 to 2020, but far less than the rate of decline in the rest of the nation. That’s the upshot of...
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Southern Baptist Convention opposes in vitro fertilization, passing resolution offered by head of denomination’s Louisville seminary
UPDATE, June 15: For a New York Times story on how the resolution was developed, and its political ramifications, click here. Kentucky Health News The Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday to...
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Dr. Bruce Scott, Louisville otolaryngologist, becomes president of American Medical Association, says he’s ‘ready to fight’ for docs
Kentucky Health News Dr. Bruce A. Scott, an ear, nose and throat specialist from Louisville, was sworn in Tuesday, June 11, as the 179th president of the American Medical Association,...
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U.S. agency proposes rule to eliminate medical debt from most credit reports, saying it’s an unreliable predictor of payment
Kentucky Health News The federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is proposing to eliminate medical debt from most credit reports, stop companies from sharing debt information and bar lenders from making...
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Have a sun-safe summer by protecting your skin; here’s how
By Dr. John D’Orazio University of Kentucky Spending time outside in the summer is a great way to stay active, reduce stress and get vitamin D. It’s also important to...
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Drug-overdose deaths of Kentuckians fell 9.8% last year, but rate among state’s Blacks increased 5%; overall U.S. decline was 3%
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In 2023, 9.8 percent fewer Kentuckians died from drug overdoses than the year before, according to an annual state report released Thursday. A preliminary...
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Kentucky is seeing an ‘unusually high uptick’ in pertussis, known as whooping cough; Lexington outbreak grows to 21 cases
Kentucky doctors and the state Department for Public Health “are seeing an unusually high uptick in whooping cough,” or pertussis, Louisville’s WDRB reports. “Immunity for vaccination or natural infections wanes over...
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Doctor at UK says you don’t have to live with pelvic pain
By Dr. Johnnie Wright Jr. University of Kentucky Pelvic health is crucial to a woman’s overall well-being but is often misunderstood or overlooked. When symptoms such as urinary incontinence, pain...
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Vaccine misinformation abounds as measles spreads; 1 in 10 cases lead to infections that can cause hearing loss
By Amy Maxmen and Céline Gounder KFF Health News Measles is on the rise in the United States. In the first quarter of this year, the number of cases was...