Category: FEATURED
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Saint Joseph hospitals in Lexington, London and Mount Sterling seek applications for grants to improve well-being, health equity
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The CHI Saint Joseph Health hospitals in Kentucky are accepting applications for local nonprofit organizations to apply for grants aimed at supporting services to...
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Parkinson’s support group hails law requiring a federal plan for it
Kentucky Health News The leader of a Kentucky support group for sufferers of Parkinson’s disease is hailing President Biden’s Tuesday signing of a law that requires the Department of Health...
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How to keep your family safe in pools, lakes, streams and oceans
By Sherri Hannan Safe Kids Fayette County Ask any child about the best part of summer, and chances are many will say it’s going to the pool or beach. And...
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Recovering alcoholic built Kentucky’s largest substance-use treatment provider, which has 1,800 beds and 1,350 employees
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern LOUISA, Ky. — Around the office at Addiction Recovery Care, Vanessa Keeton is still known as “Client One” — marking her status as the first...
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Doctor-journalist says pain doesn’t belong on scale of zero to 10
OPINION by Elisabeth Rosenthal KFF Health News Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on...
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Bowling Green’s Med Center Health acquires Russellville hospital
Kentucky Health News Med Center Health, the nonprofit hospital chain based in Bowling Green, is now the owner of 75-bed Logan Memorial Hospital, and has changed its name to The...
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State accepting applications for medical-cannabis licensing lottery and prescribing authority; patient cards not available until Jan. 1
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians can now begin applying for a cannabis business license, and medical providers can apply to the state Board of Medical Licensure and Board of Nursing...
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Your Local Epidemiologist says gun violence is public-health issue
OPINION By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist On June 24, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public-health crisis. Many narratives immediately pushed back that this isn’t public...
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Louisville Circuit Judge Brian Edwards rejects Jewish women’s religious challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortions
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards has ruled against a lawsuit by three Jewish women challenging Kentucky’s abortion ban on religious grounds. In a nine-page opinion...
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Fireworks are fun, but they can be dangerous
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While it wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks, it’s important to remember that all fireworks, even sparklers, can be dangerous. “The...