Category: FEATURED
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Catholic hospital near Ashland to close, costing 1,000 jobs
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital opened in 1953. (Ashland Daily Independent photo) —– Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in the Ashland suburb of Russell will close by Sept. 30, says the Bon Secours...
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Low-value tests are costly, can lead to harm; avoiding them is one of the few things you can do to limit medical costs
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service We know too well the cost of American health care keeps rising as far as the eye can see. In 1995 health care...
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Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products in Kentucky to 21, in compliance with federal law, passes first hurdle
Kendall Tubbs, Bonnie Hackbarth and Sen. Ralph Alvarado spoke for a bill to raise Kentucky’s legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By...
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Smoke-free advocates rally at state Capitol for three measures to decrease soaring youth use of electronic cigarettes
Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rally at state Capitol —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rallied in Frankfort Jan. 14 to call...
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Health issues poll: 75% of Ky. adults support tax on e-cigarettes; highest rate of use is in younger adults; about half recognize harm
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that three out of four Kentucky adults support taxing electronic cigarettes, which is the only tobacco product...
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Law enforcers report drug arrests on social media with sassy hashtags; experts say that reinforces stigma, inhibits treatment
Screenshot of Facebook post; click on the image for a larger version. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky law-enforcement agencies are getting sassy in their social-media posts...
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Summary of research shows electronic cigarettes are not 95% safer than traditional cigarettes, as one industry ‘factoid’ claims
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent health journal article summarizes a growing body of research that refutes the oft-made claim that electronic cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful...
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State officials announce first death from ‘vaping’ in Kentucky
Kentucky health officials have reported the state’s first probable death related to use of electronic cigarettes. The commissioner of the state Department for Public Health, Dr. Angela Dearinger, said the death...
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Executive of ‘low-rated’ nursing-home chain is now health cabinet’s inspector general, overseeing nursing-home inspection
Adam Mather —– When Andy Beshear became governor a month ago, Adam Mather was regional operations vice president for Signature HealthCare, a Louisville-based firm “that owns more than two dozen low-rated...
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Ky. among national leaders in flu, which keeps accelerating; 2 more deaths raise state total to 8; still plenty of time to get a shot
Two more people have died in Kentucky from influenza this season, bringing that number up to eight, according to the state Department for Public Health weekly flu report. Kentucky is among states...