Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Auditor will hold meetings in Prestonsburg, Princeton and Somerset to discuss his report on financial status of rural hospitals
State Auditor Adam Edelen will hold three public meetings in rural communities to discuss the findings of his special report about the financial health of rural hospitals. The meetings will be...
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Plight of woman needing lung transplant, who has fallen through the cracks of the health-care system, gets attention from CNN
Update: CNN reports that Kentucky issued a Medicaid provider number to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the hospital confirmed that they now have enrolled in Kentucky Medicaid and...
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Study of poor but healthy Appalachian counties aims to find community-based approaches to improving the region’s health
Though some people equate Appalachian areas with poverty, David Krol seeks to “shine a light” on a different picture—one that reflects “how health can flourish across Appalachia,” despite data that...
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Doctors don’t tell most patients or caregivers about a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s until the disease advances, advocacy group says
Every 67 seconds someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s disease and most don’t find out they have it until their disease becomes more advanced, according to a report by the...
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Initial research is promising for an ancient combination of natural ingredients to kill MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant superbug
Researchers in England say an ancient folk cure might help kill the superbug MRSA, Justin Moyer reports for The Washington Post. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is among the infections that have...
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Polling shows Kentucky ranks third in share of residents, 24.5 percent, who say they take mood-altering drugs every day
Kentucky is the place to be for mood-altering drugs. The state ranked third in a Gallup Organization study that asked 450 adults in each state how often they use drugs and...
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Up to 1/3 of rural hospitals in poor financial shape, auditor finds, calling report a baseline for local decisions that could be tough
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News For a video of Edelen’s press conference, click here. For a cn|2 report with video, go here. FRANKFORT, Ky. — As...
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Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity worsens the damage that arthritis does to joints, but simply telling patients to go home and diet and exercise is not working, and...
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Washington Post columnist looks at data, talks to experts and concludes Obamacare is working, at less cost than expected
The federal health-reform law “has accomplished its goal of expanding coverage — at a significantly lower cost than expected,” columnist Ruth Marcus writes for The Washington Post “after talking to...
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Woman needing lung transplant falls through cracks of health-care system, says she’s treated as nothing more than a ‘price tag’
Katie Prager, a 24-year-old cystic fibrosis patient from Ewing in Fleming County, needs a lung transplant, but has been denied one because she has met her lifetime maximum on Medicare,...