Month: July 2024
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Doctor-journalist says pain doesn’t belong on scale of zero to 10
OPINION by Elisabeth Rosenthal KFF Health News Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on...
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Bowling Green’s Med Center Health acquires Russellville hospital
Kentucky Health News Med Center Health, the nonprofit hospital chain based in Bowling Green, is now the owner of 75-bed Logan Memorial Hospital, and has changed its name to The...
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State accepting applications for medical-cannabis licensing lottery and prescribing authority; patient cards not available until Jan. 1
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians can now begin applying for a cannabis business license, and medical providers can apply to the state Board of Medical Licensure and Board of Nursing...
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Your Local Epidemiologist says gun violence is public-health issue
OPINION By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist On June 24, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public-health crisis. Many narratives immediately pushed back that this isn’t public...
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Some Ky. counties using settlement money to make new opioid-withdrawal treatment available to a small number of residents
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky counties are making a new treatment to reduce opioid-withdrawal symptoms available free to a few of their residents, using money from the...
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Louisville Circuit Judge Brian Edwards rejects Jewish women’s religious challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortions
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards has ruled against a lawsuit by three Jewish women challenging Kentucky’s abortion ban on religious grounds. In a nine-page opinion...
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Fireworks are fun, but they can be dangerous
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While it wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks, it’s important to remember that all fireworks, even sparklers, can be dangerous. “The...
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988 roll-out uneven, but Ky. appears to be doing ‘pretty well;’ last of 14 regional mental-health centers nearing certification for calls
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even though the roll-out of the three-digit national suicide hotline remains a work in progress across the nation, Kentucky’s roll-out over the past two...