Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Jaime Parsons is new Ky. Rural Health Assn. executive director
The Kentucky Rural Health Association has a new executive director. She is Jaime Parsons, “a seasoned leader with a proven track record in healthcare administration and a deep commitment to...
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Norton Healthcare expands its footprint in Bowling Green with primary care; also adds a multi-purpose facility in Frankfort
Kentucky Health News Norton Healthcare of Louisville is buying Bowling Green Internal Medicine and Pediatric Associates as its latest interest in the state’s third largest city. “It’s about taking our...
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Ky. and Okla. lead the nation in adult daily vapers. With additional metrics, Forbes ranks Ky. as the No. 2 vaping state, behind Tenn.
Kentucky Health News Kentucky adults use electronic cigarettes daily at the highest rate in the nation, equaled only by Oklahoma, according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and...
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After at least 3 deaths in 7 months, weekly in small Western Ky. county alerts its readers to the dangers and details of fentanyl
Kentucky Health News After three fentanyl overdoses since June in Crittenden County, the first recorded in the county of 9,000 people, and another death in which fentanyl could have been...
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Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it
Kentucky Health News Crowdfunding started as a way to finance ideas and, as a founder of GoFundMe put it, “life’s important moments” such as honeymoons. But now the site “has...
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Artificial intelligence may have already been used to diagnose you
Kentucky Health News As Congress and federal regulators begin to take steps to monitor and control the use of artificial intelligence, “The technology has already been put to use in...
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Humana says it will vacate its iconic tower in 18 to 24 months
Kentucky Health News Three months ago, Louisville leaders unveiled a “Hometown Heroes” banner of Humana, Inc. co-founder David Jones, pictured in front of the company’s distinctive Main Street tower, which...
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Routine checkups are part of the recipe for healthy children
By Dr. LaTawnya Pleasant University of Kentucky In the journey of parenthood, an essential step toward ensuring the health and happiness of your child is attending well-child care visits with...
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Respiratory viruses keep declining in Kentucky, but might be headed for plateau at ‘elevated level; flu up; study shows updated Covid-19 vaccine works
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for respiratory-related illness in Kentucky have declined four weeks in a row, but the state health department still...
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Bill to let pharmacists give vaccines to children 5 years and older advances, as state struggles to catch up on child immunizations
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to allow Kentucky pharmacists to order and administer vaccinations to children down to the age of 5 advanced out of committee unanimously....