Category: FEATURED
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Opioid panel to hold hearings on funding ibogaine drug research, including a promoter; member sees a conflict, chair quashes talk
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The commission that manages the state’s opioid-settlement money voted June 13 to hold two public hearings to discuss the idea of funding development of...
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Kentucky had 5% fewer drug overdose deaths in 2022 than in ’21
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky is still losing more than 2,000 citizens a year to drug overdoses, but last year’s total was less than the year before, the...
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Ky. nursing-home company closes 2 Louisville homes, agrees to pay $1 million penalty; inspectors found rodent infestation and filth
Exceptional Living Centers of Lexington, which operates several Kentucky nursing homes. “has agreed to close two of its Louisville facilities, displacing roughly 200 people, after state inspectors uncovered serious problems...
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires prompts warnings for Kentuckians, especially those who are working outdoors
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Poor air quality from Canadian fires prompted a warning Thursday about potential negative health effects for Kentuckians. Air pollution can negatively affect a person’s health,...
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Pike County to be part of pilot project to improve lung-cancer screening rates in Central Appalachia, big hotspot for the disease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Appalachian Community Cancer Alliance has launched a pilot project to improve lung-cancer screenings in rural Appalachia, and Pike County is part of it....
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Beshear increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for home and community-based services and long-term care facilities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has raised Medicaid reimbursement rates for home and community-based services and long-term-care facilities to help them deal with inflation, workforce shortages...
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OPINION: Criminologists say baseless anti-transgender claims fuel adoption of harmful laws in Kentucky and other states
By Henry Fradell and Alexis Rowland Republished from The Conversation It has been seven years since North Carolina made headlines for enacting a “bathroom bill” — legislation intended to prevent...
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Kentucky is one of the most sleep-deprived states; Appalachian Ky. is even more so, and that affects people’s health and safety
Kentucky is one of the leading sleep-deprived states, ranking fourth in the percentage of adults reporting that they get less than seven hours of sleep per day, 40.5 percent. So says the...
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Ky. is getting older; sees more deaths than births for several years
Kentucky’s population is getting older, and that is expected to put a strain on the state’s health-care system, which already lacks enough primary-care providers, Sarah Ladd reports for the Kentucky Lantern. An analysis...
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Parkinson’s disease: What to know about it, what to do about it
By Dr. Julia Stasich, Ochnser Health Parkinson’s disease is named after James Parkinson, the English physician who described this degenerative disease of later life. Here are the history, symptoms, causes...