Author: Melissa Patrick
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Ky. pharmacists can now fill orders for a lifesaving anti-overdose drug without a doctor’s order, but at greater expense
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pharmacists across Kentucky can now fill orders for naloxone, including the nasal-spray Kentucky-developed version, used to treat opioid and heroin overdoses, without a prescription....
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Another rural Ky. hospital will become part of a new group to stay afloat; Glasgow’s hospital is buying Columbia’s bankrupt one
ColumbiaMagazine.com Another rural Kentucky hospital is merging with a larger hospital system in order to keep its doors open. T.J. Regional Health, the parent company of T.J. Samson Community...
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Cooking classes in E. Ky. help residents, researchers find ways to overcome barriers that hinder healthy eating in rural areas
Almost 180 cooks in six Eastern Kentucky counties are learning about heart-healthy cooking at their local Cooperative Extension office, while also helping with dietary research, according to a University of Kentucky news...
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Australian filmmaker gained 22 pounds eating foods that most parents think are healthy; visited Ky. to see ‘Mountain Dew mouth’
An Australian filmmaker, while maintaining his normal caloric intake and eating standard grocery store items, ate the equivalent of 40 teaspoons of sugar a day for two months and gained...
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12 Ky. schools recognized for efforts to improve student health
A dozen Kentucky schools that participate in the Healthy Schools Program have been recognized for creating a culture of health and wellness in their classrooms. Ja’nel Johnson reports for WKMS,...
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Luallen makes case for staying on health-reform course, at forum that focused on relationship between health and communities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health is not just determined by access to health care, it is also determined by the communities we live in. This was the main...
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Infographics offer perspective, more data on impact of health-reform law in Kentucky
New infographics are available with information about the big reduction in the number of Kentuckians without health insurance from 2013 to 2014, when the federal health reform law took full...
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Kynect tries to get more eligible people to sign up for subsidized insurance, disputes report that 2/3 of eligible haven’t enrolled
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State officials recognize that there is a shortfall in the number of people who have signed up for subsidized health-insurance plans through Kynect, the...
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Health Journalism Workshop offers a host of health-care story ideas from officials, health-care providers, journalists
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky journalists were challenged by policy makers, health experts and health journalists to write about Kentucky’s health issues and were presented with many story...
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National Institute on Drug Abuse director, in Ky., offers solutions to stop over-prescription of painkillers, opposes pot legalization
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora Volkow, told a group of Kentucky journalists and others at the Foundation for...