Author: Melissa Patrick
-
New treatment for symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s disease approved by FDA and unveiled at UK
Portable infusion pump used to deliver Parkinson’s drug The University of Kentucky unveiled a new treatment for people with advanced symptoms of Parkinson’s disease at a news conference April 21...
-
Kentucky re-bidding Medicaid managed care contracts to address complaints of patients, advocates and health-care providers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State officials are re-bidding Medicaid managed-care contracts that cover more than 1.1 million Kentuckians. The news came as a delight and surprise to many...
-
Kentucky’s suicide rate is above the national average; experts say we need to ignore the stigma and become educated about it
Kentucky’s suicide rate is higher than the national average, and an expert says we must create an open dialogue about it and provide more education if we want this rate...
-
Pilot salad bar will determine whether other Jefferson Co. schools follow suit in bid to increase students’ veggie and fruit intake
The Jefferson County Public School system is pilot-testing a salad bar at Atherton High School to entice students to eat more vegetables and fruits, a goal of the new federal...
-
Proposals sought for research of Appalachian ‘bright spots’ where health is better than socioeconomic factors would indicate
A three-year research project to determine factors that can support a culture of health in Appalachia and whether that knowledge can be translated into actions that address the region’s health...
-
Mount Sterling follows lead of another KentuckyOne Health hospital, in Bardstown, to host monthly ‘Walk With a Doc’
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling is the second KentuckyOne Health hospital to host monthly “Walk With a Doc” events as part of a nationwide program that promotes walking as a great...
-
Stranger donates kidney after knowing recipient 5 minutes; could boost living kidney donations, which have better odds
Two strangers were randomly asked to take part in a five-minute demonstration of living art. It led to one of them donating a kidney to the other, Bailey Loosemore reports for The...
-
Burgin, in heart of Kentucky, is state’s 40th school district to go tobacco-free; ban, won by students, applies to vapor products
Burgin Independent Schools, in the heart of Kentucky, will be the latest 100 percent tobacco-free schools in the state, and the first in Mercer County, which has a strong tobacco...
-
As income taxes are filed, half who got Obamacare subsidy will have to pay part of it back; almost as many will get a refund
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week will go down in history as the first time the Internal Revenue Service enforced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s tax...
-
Electronic cigarettes are ‘high on every school system’s radar right now,’ Western Ky. school official tells Henderson newspaper
This story has been updated to reflect recent data about teens and e-cigarette use. School officials in northwestern Kentucky are trying deal with an increase in the use of electronic...