Author: Melissa Patrick
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McConnell shares excerpts from letters he received from Kentuckians who are frustrated by health-reform law
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Continuing his attack on Obamacare, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor last week to read excerpts from letters he received from...
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Free clinics are wary of how health reform will affect them
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Free health clinics for the uninsured face an uncertain future as the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act is implemented. Kentucky has more...
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‘Faces of Lung Cancer’ photo exhibit at Markey Cancer Center is meant to spread awareness about disease and its prevention
Lung cancer survivor Juanita Meade “Faces of Lung Cancer,” a photo exhibit with portraits and inspirational messages from nine lung cancer survivors in Kentucky, is on display at the University...
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Psychologists honor KHN publisher Cross for health work
The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for “his outstanding career...
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Websites that misled Kentuckians seeking health insurance are taken down, blocked or corrected
Three websites that were misleading Kentuckians about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and about the state’s health-insurance exchange have either been taken down, corrected or blocked by the...
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A byproduct of cholesterol that acts like estrogen explains the link between high cholesterol and breast cancer
The link between high cholesterol and breast cancer can now be explained. It is not the cholesterol itself, but a “byproduct of cholesterol (that) functions like the hormone estrogen to...
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Stanton Elementary School, closed almost three weeks because of bat infestation, is scheduled to reopen Wednesday
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Stanton Elementary in Powell County will reopen this week after being closed for almost three weeks because of a bat infestation, school officials said...
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Feds say reform law has saved Kentuckians on Medicare an average of $928 this year on prescription drugs
The federal health reform law has saved seniors and the disabled millions of dollars on their Medicare prescription-drug coverage, says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS said 65,040...
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Irvine hospital’s Susan Starling wins American Hospital Association’s award for leadership in small or rural hospitals
Susan L. Starling, president and CEO of Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital in Irvine, is the 2013 winner of the American Hospital Association’s Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award. The award...
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Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes’ high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, which cited a low ranking for the state’s nursing homes, Gov. Steve Beshear said he is “committed to taking steps toward...