Category: YOUR HEALTH
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April 21 Appalachian Health Summit will focus on obesity
Focusing on obesity, a topic that affects the majority of adult Kentuckians, the Appalachian Health Summit will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 21 in Lexington. The meeting...
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Kentucky continues to lead nation in cancer death rate
Though cancer deaths rates are falling nationwide, Kentucky continues to rank worst in the country for its number of cancer deaths, The Courier-Journal‘s Laura Ungar has determined. (C-J graphic shows...
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Many school districts need more school nurses, report finds
Many if not most Kentucky public school districts have fewer school nurses than national guidelines call for, a Kentucky Youth Advocates report says. “A Picture of Health: School Health Services in...
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County health rankings in Kentucky show few changes, but ranks are less important than the trove of data they reflect
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News The health evaluation tool that calls itself “the annual check-up of over 3,000 counties in the nation” was released today, showing little change from last...
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Feds say they will post data on performance of dialysis centers
“Federal regulators say they are moving to make once-confidential data about the performance of kidney dialysis clinics more readily available to the public,” reports Robin Fields of ProPublica, the nonprofit,...
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People with low health literacy are more likely to get sick, die
Health literacy rates are increasingly gaining the attention of providers, organizations and lawmakers. A new report based on study of medical literature says people who are unable to understand and act on issues...
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Rural hospitals in Kentucky say health reform will hurt them
Though the new national health-care law may increase the number of insured Americans by 32 million, rural hospitals in Kentucky aren’t expecting a revenue windfall. That’s because half of the...
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More N. Ky. kids taken from homes due to parents’ drug use
An increasing number of children in Greater Cincinnati are being taken from their homes because their parents are drug users. In Campbell County, Kentucky, 68 children were removed from their...
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Providers recommend restricting 3 cancer drugs in Medicaid
In an effort to save money, health officials are considering a move that would restrict three cancer drugs for the 800,000 Kentuckians who are enrolled in Medicaid. Patients could still...
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Health literacy is ‘at a tipping point’ as an issue to be confronted, federal official tells second Kentucky Health Literacy Summit
By Tara Kaprowy, Kentucky Health News BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The idea that people will be healthier if they can better navigate the boggy, confusing landscape of health care and...