Category: YOUR HEALTH
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U of L profs get $6.3 million to continue spinal cord research
Susan Harkema, a University of Louisville professor, talksabout epidural spinal stimulation. Courier-Journal photo. Two University of Louisville professors have received a $6.3 million grant to continue their work helping paralyzed...
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Federal panel says PSA screening for prostate cancer does more harm than good, but no better test is available
Prostate cancer cells. Getty Images photo by Abbey Michael. An influential federal panel says testing healthy men’s prostate-specific antigen levels to detect prostate cancer does more harm than good. The...
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Louisville comes in third to last in fitness and health ranking of 50 largest cities
Rowing under California’s Bay Bridge (Photo by City Kayak) In a fitness ranking of the country’s 50 largest cities, Louisville ranked an abysmal 48th, sitting just above Detroit and Oklahoma...
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Care in rural hospitals is just as good as that in urban hospitals, study concludes
While rural Americans have less access to primary care and have worse health outcomes, the care at rural hospitals is equal to, if not better, than that at urban hospitals,...
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University Hospital’s trust to pay for indigent care lacks oversight, state auditor finds
An audit of the trust that disburses more than $30 million in state and local funding to provide indigent care at University Hospital has found there is a lack of...
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Agriculture commissioner visits six counties to promote local food, better nutrition in school lunches
State Sen. David Givens, R-Greensburg, watches as Commissioner James Comer speaks at Green County High School.(Greensburg Record-Herald) To encourage child nutrition and healthier school lunches, state Agriculture Commissioner James Comer...
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Obama administration spent $25 million on health-care law publicity campaign, part of it exaggerating, McConnell complains
The Obama administration spent nearly $20 million on mailings to seniors touting the federal health-care reform law and another $5 million on postcards to small business owners informing them of...
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Injury prevention policies in Kentucky lacking, study finds
Kentucky scored a dismal 3 on a scale of 10 in a safety study that assessed states against the the top 10 injury indicators in the country. The state had...
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Revealing patient safety issues and medical errors are goals of Facebook page set up by ProPublica
Photo by iStockphoto.com/selimaksan Interested in creating a venue for those who have been harmed while undergoing medical treatments, ProPublica, the nonprofit, investigative news organization, has set up a Facebook page...