Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Calls for hospitals to reveal more about errors, infections are getting louder; feds plan more data, but hospitals fight state rules
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News LEXINGTON, Ky. — The stories are hard to hear. A little girl is taken to the hospital after she turns on the water and...
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Conway, Stumbo say Yonts’ pseudoephedrine bill doesn’t do enough to stop smurfing
State Rep. Brent Yonts, D-Greenville, has proposed a bill that would make people who have been convicted of meth-related crime to get a prescription to buy pseudoephedrine, but Attorney General...
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Critics, proponents debate Louisville hospital merger
Questions regarding ectopic pregnancy, end-of-life care and funding for indigent care were addressed Wednesday by proponents and critics of a proposed merger between University Hospital, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s...
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Ban texting and cell phone use while driving, National Transportation Safety Board urges
States should prohibit drivers from using cell phones and other portable electronic devices while behind the wheel, except during emergencies, the National Transportation Board said Tuesday. The recommendation was unanimous...
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Most Kentuckians now favor statewide smoking ban, poll finds
Graph shows results by smoking history, party Just over half of Kentuckians support a statewide law that would ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars, the Kentucky...
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University Hospital merger documents being released
The University of Louisville will hand over records pertaining to the merger involving University Hospital, under a settlement signed Tuesday. The documents will include “the June 14 agreement to consolidate...
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Child abuse records released, but without names of victims
Though the state on Monday released 85 internal reviews of cases in which children had either been killed or nearly killed from abuse, in many instances it did not release...
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Teens turning to flavored cigars
A study shows teens are dispensing with cigarettes and turning to flavored mini-cigars with fun flavors — strawberry, chocolate, vanilla — enticing to young palates. (National Cigar Museum picture) “Young...
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Writer weighs in on morning-after pill decision in provocative way, looking at both sides but ultimately saying it protects girls
Freelancer Mariam Williams writes a provocative piece in The Courier-Journal about a federal official’s recent rejection of a proposal to allow girls 16 and under to obtain the morning-after pill...
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Make pseudoephedrine available only by prescription and see what effect it has on methamphetamine making, editorial argues
The 2012 General Assembly should make the cold medicine pseudoephedrine available only by prescription to see if that curbs methamphetamine production, an editorial in the Lexington Herald-Leader argues. The editorial...