Author: Al Cross
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Telling doctors about their patients who die of overdoses makes some reduce their prescribing of opioids
Telling doctors that their patients have died from drug overdoses reduce the physicans’ prescribing of opioids, the San Diego County medical examiner’s office in California found when it sent such...
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UK HealthCare again named best Ky. hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; report has overview of most Ky. hospitals
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among then nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report magazine. They are, in order: the University...
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Nominations are sought by Sept. 7 for award recognizing lifetime contributions to rural health in Kentucky
Since 2003, the Kentucky Rural Health Association has awarded an individual with an award for their lifetime contributions to rural health in Kentucky. The award is named for its first recipient, Dr....
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Louisville doctor has possible cure for rare brain disease of Iranian woman, who gets visa after CJ story
UPDATE, Aug. 13: “U.S. officials in Armenia granted Marzieh Taheri, 61, the exemption on Monday, just hours after her son sent them links to the Courier Journal‘s initial article about her...
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Drug-overdose stats would be a lot worse without naloxone
The statistics on drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky are bad, but they could be a lot worse if first responders didn’t save so many drug users with naloxone, a drug that...
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‘Drug dealer with a medical license’ gets 50 months in prison
A Simpson County doctor has been sentenced to four years and two months in federal prison after being convicted of 15 counts of improper prescribing to patients who died of...
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UK Markey Cancer Center named national cancer center for 5 more years; director pledges to halve Ky.’s cancer rate in 10
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in the percentage of residents who get cancer and those who die from it, and the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is...
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All Kentucky public housing under smoking ban as of July 31; some housing authorities are offering help with cessation
As of July 31, all federally funded housing projects are supposed to be smoke-free, a rule that has caused some controversy, but one that has helped some residents to quit...
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Secondhand smoke linked to school absences, ER visits and respiratory symptoms in teenagers; Ky. smoke-free policies lag
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s long been established that exposure to secondhand smoke is harmful to babies and young children. Now a study shows that it’s bad for...
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Medical-review panel law described as ‘imperfect,’ with only 11% of 531 claims assigned to a panel after one year on the books
A Republican-backed law that established medical-review panels to screen lawsuits against health-care providers before they can proceed Is now a year old, and things have not gone exactly as proponents...