Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Two Kentucky moms participate in Duke study that found potentially toxic and unnecessary chemicals in most couches
Two Central Kentucky mothers participated in a Duke University-led study published today that shows that a vast majority of U.S. couches contain potentially toxic flame retardants that pose risks to...
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Report: Bounce-house injuries to children have skyrocketed
A new report out today in the journal Pediatrics warns that, on average, 31 children a day are transported to U.S. emergency departments for treatment of bounce-house injuries, including fractured...
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Experimental concentrated breast cancer radiation therapy offers new options for women who live far away from treatment facilities
A study at the University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center designed to make radiation treatment more accessible to women who face obstacles such as distance, transportation problems and...
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Expanding Medicaid in Kentucky would add 5 percent to the state’s cost over the next 10 years, national study predicts
Expanding Medicaid to people making up to 138 percent of the poverty level under federal health reform and its heavy subsidies would cost Kentucky about 5 percent more for Medicaid...
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Judge rules University of Louisville’s hospital is public and subject to Open Records Act; it may appeal
The University of Louisville‘s hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university’s deals with other health...
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Christian Co. Health Dept. to stop providing cancer screens, contraceptives to residents of other counties
As of Jan. 1, the Christian County Health Department will not provide contraceptives or cancer screening to indigent patients if they do not reside in the county. Nick Tabor of the...
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UK, ARH planning efforts against high rate of heart-disease deaths and limited availability of proper food in Perry County
The death rate from heart disease is nearly twice as high in Perry County (Wikipedia map) as in Kentucky as a whole, so there’s no better time than now to...
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UK music therapy helps manage surgical anxiety, pain, recovery
A University of Kentucky study has found that music therapy can reduce pain before, during and after a surgical procedure, and shorten recovery time. The study report, published in the Southern...
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U of L doctors wary of KentuckyOne’s promise of autonomy
Doctors at Louisville’s University Hospital are expressing concerns that the partnership with KentuckyOne Health and the Catholic health rules that come with that merger might affect patient care. Assurances that...
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Over-the-counter drug makers start campaign to educate potential meth ‘smurfers’ about consequences of their actions
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The lobby for makers of over-the-counter drugs, which has fought laws to tighten controls on sale of cold medicine that is used to make...