Category: YOUR HEALTH
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More than 3,700 calls from Kentucky to the 988 suicide-and-crisis lifeline have been routed to the Veterans Crisis LIne
By Lisa Autry WKU Public Radio More than 16,000 Kentucky veterans struggling with their mental health have used the national 988 hotline since it launched two years ago. The suicide...
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Brooke A. Flinders, a double graduate of Frontier Nursing University, will become its next president on Aug. 1
Kentucky Health News Brooke A. Flinders, who earned her advanced degrees from Frontier Nursing University, has been named the next president of the Versailles institution. Flinders has extensive experience as an...
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Coleman reappoints two members to state opioid commission
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has reappointed two members to the state opioid commission, thus not changing the balance of votes on the issue of...
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Cardiologists moving to positron emission tomography (PET) scans to diagnose heart diease, rather than SPECT scans
By Dr. Talal Alnabelsi University of Kentucky When it comes to diagnostic imaging of your heart – such as MRI, CT, SPECT, or PET – it can be overwhelming to...
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Debunking myths, misconceptions and misinformation about sunscreens: no evidence they cause cancer, but they do expire
By Gina Van Thomme and Kellie Bramlet Blackburn MD Anderson Cancer Center Sunscreen is a hot topic – and not just because it’s a summertime staple! There are also many...
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Kentucky can soon provide Medicaid coverage to people nearing release from prison or juvenile detention; jails might come later
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of five additional states that will soon provide Medicaid health coverage for people nearing release from prison or juvenile detention, according...
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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...