Author: melissa_landon
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At least one additional health-insurance company is expected to sell policies on Kynect exchange next year
The five insurance companies that sold policies this year on Kynect, Kentucky’s health-benefit exchange, want to return in 2015, and Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource wants to join as well. Officials said they...
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FDA issues warning label for tanning bed use by minors; sponsor of bill for a state ban says he will try again
Soon tanning beds will have a “black box” warning that those younger than 18 should not be using them, but some doctors, tanning companies and legislators do not think this...
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Lexington auto mechanic becomes neurosurgeon; now researching traumatic brain injury diagnosis and treatment
In the early 1980s, Geoff Manley was a mechanic, and some of his clients were University of Kentucky faculty. That is how he met microbiology professor Shelly Steiner and started...
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Study finds personalized text messages helps some quit smoking
Smoking is a hard habit to break. A recent study, reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that sending smokers personalized text messages was twice as effective as giving...
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In selling proposed limits on CO2, Obama administration emphasizes health improvement, not climate-change fight
By Melissa Landon and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As it announced its plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, the Obama administration...
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Elizabethtown cancer clinic pays $3.7 million to resolve claims it diluted drugs, prolonged chemotherapy to make more money
Elizabethtown Hematology Oncology PLC and its owners has paid $3,739,325 to settle claims “that they submitted false claims for payment to the Medicare, Medicaid and the military’s medical provider for extending...
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People with a genetic risk of obesity should avoid saturated fat, national study of 2,800 people suggests
A new study shows that avoiding saturated fat may be advantageous for those whose genetic makeup predisposes them to obesity. Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center...
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Health foundation chief objects to bill that would allow school districts to get waivers from recent nutrition standards
The president of Kentucky’s public-interest health foundation is objecting to legislation recently approved by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to allow waivers from the school nutrition enacted by the Department...
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UK researchers work to improve identification of lung cancer patients eligible for participation in clinical trials for new treatments
At the University of Kentucky, researchers are developing better strategies to identify lung cancer patients who could participate in clinical trials for new treatments. Lung cancer causes more deaths than...
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Obamacare navigator program in Georgia, overseen by former UK Extension official, is ended by state legislature
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law two bills aimed at thwarting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. One will prevent the...