Author: tara_kaprowy
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Couple shares ‘horrible journey’ of prescription drug abuse
Recovering pill addict Stacy Penningtonof Ashland is due to give birth next month.(Courier-Journal photo by Matt Stone) Stacy and James Pennington had to lose everything, including their children and home, before...
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Louisville has highest concentration of nursing-home and extended-care companies in U.S.
Louisville has the largest concentration of nursing-home and extended-care companies in the country. Of the 570,000 people who call Louisville home, 4,000 work in the industry and produce $28 billion...
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Coventry, ARH at impasse over Medicaid; state says service will not be interrupted for 25,000 affected
Though negotiations between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Coventry Cares appear to be futile, the state is taking steps to make sure there won’t be an interruption in care for the Medicaid...
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Improvements to Rx monitoring systems worth the expense, study finds; using systems influence doctors’ prescribing decisions
A plan for an ideal prescription drug monitoring system was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, with its authors concluding spending more money to improve systems is...
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Significant management improvements at Passport Health Plan, audit finds
Passport Health Plan has improved significantly since a 2010 audit uncovered wasteful spending and other problems, a new audit has concluded. The managed care organization that cares for Medicaid recipients...
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Task force to consider middle-school sports regulation
A task force made up of legislators, educators and athletic officials will examine what guidelines should be in place for sports at the middle school level, which are not regulated...
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New treatment first offered in Louisville is helping asthma sufferers
Shannon Denson, who has severe asthma, gets bronchialthermoplasty. Courier-Journal photo. Asthma sufferers can now benefit from an innovative treatment that was first offered at University Hospital in Louisville. Patients like...
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U of L profs get $6.3 million to continue spinal cord research
Susan Harkema, a University of Louisville professor, talksabout epidural spinal stimulation. Courier-Journal photo. Two University of Louisville professors have received a $6.3 million grant to continue their work helping paralyzed...
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Federal panel says PSA screening for prostate cancer does more harm than good, but no better test is available
Prostate cancer cells. Getty Images photo by Abbey Michael. An influential federal panel says testing healthy men’s prostate-specific antigen levels to detect prostate cancer does more harm than good. The...
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Louisville comes in third to last in fitness and health ranking of 50 largest cities
Rowing under California’s Bay Bridge (Photo by City Kayak) In a fitness ranking of the country’s 50 largest cities, Louisville ranked an abysmal 48th, sitting just above Detroit and Oklahoma...