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House health panel’s new chair starts fast, with bills to ban school tobacco use, study medical marijuana and spur drug treatment
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State Rep. Kim Moser plans a busy first meeting as chair of the House Health and Family Services Committee on Thursday, Feb. 7. She...
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Financial straits of hospital in Breckinridge County illustrate many of the problems of small, rural hospitals all over Ky. and the U.S.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News HARDINSBURG, Ky. – When the Breckinridge County Fiscal Court voted unanimously in December against raising property taxes to shore up the local hospital’s empty...
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1 in 5 Kentucky households delay or forgo medical care due to cost; higher co-payments and deductibles may be a factor
One in five Kentucky households delay or forgo medical care because of the cost, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll, taken Aug. 26 through Oct. 21. The overall...
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Ambulances report fewer overdose calls, say trend is partly due to availability of drug antidote Narcan and increased use of meth
Your local ambulances may be getting fewer calls for drug overdoses, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that your local drug problems are decreasing. The Anderson News found that OD ambulance calls...
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Are you struggling with addiction, or know of someone who is? Here’s expert advice for finding quality treatment
By Anne M. Herron Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment,U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration It can be overwhelming and confusing to know where to start if you need...
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Specialists give parent-education campaigns credit for big decline in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Kentucky
Fewer babies in Kentucky are dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and wellness specialists are crediting a multi-pronged educational campaign by hospitals and other health-care providers, reports Ann Bowdan of Louisville’s WLKY-TV. In...
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KentuckyOne Health in Central and Eastern Kentucky reverts name to Saint Joseph and adds ‘CHI’ to reflect parent firm
The brand was removed from University of Louisville Hospital last year, and will be removed from other facilities in the city once they are sold or closed. (Image from WDRB-TV) —...
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Is this the year Ky. lawmakers throw tobacco and e-cigarettes out of schools? Advocates see more hope, and rally for their bill
Rep. Kim Moser spoke at the tobacco-free-schools rally. (Photo by Charles Bertram, Lexington Herald-Leader) — At a Jan. 22 rally in the state Capitol, students, educators and health advocates asked...
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University of Louisville in talks with Nashville hospital firm to partner in buying, perhaps saving Jewish Hospital and its affiliates
The University of Louisville is talking with a Nashville health-care firm to “prevent a catastrophic health-care shakeup in Louisville,” the closure of Jewish Hospital, reports Louisville’s WDRB-TV. The potential deal is “offering a new survival scenario...
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Most Ky. adults for statewide smoking ban and raising legal age to buy tobacco to 21, but movement unlikely soon on either issue
A majority of Kentucky adults continue to support a comprehensive statewide smoke-free law and favor raising the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 years, according to...