Tag: Appalachia
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E. Ky. women pass up breast, cervical cancer screenings due to embarrassment, misinformation; fatalism may play a role
Appalachian Kentucky women often don’t get available screening test for breast and cervical cancer because of embarrassment, lack of accurate information about availability and guidelines, and lack of encouragement from...
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Appalachian Regional Hospitals use untruthful information to encourage Obamacare signups; CEO says he has no regrets
The Appalachian Regional Healthcare system has posted notices in its 10 hospitals that “provides an incorrect web address to sign up for federally mandated health coverage, falsely states uninsured patients...
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Appalachian Kentucky newspapers improved their Obamacare coverage after rollout, but it remained heavily political
Appalachian Kentucky newspapers gave their readers limited information about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the two months before the Oct. 1 rollout of the law, and their...
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Book chronicles Hall’s 40-year battle for health, against poverty
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Eula Hall has been called an angel, dynamite, a force to be reckoned with, and a living legend. She has dedicated her life to...
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Night lingers in Appalachia, but there are rays of sunlight
Harry Caudill talked with U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedyduring his visit to Eastern Kentucky in February 1968. In 1963, Harry Caudill of Letcher County published Night Comes to the Cumberlands:...
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FDA wants to limit number of hydrocodone refills available without another doctor visit; approves pure version of drug
“The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended tighter controls on how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers, changes that are expected to take place as early as...
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Conway says ruling in his Oxycontin lawsuit means he will seek settlement of $100 million or more
Attorney General Jack Conway says he wants Purdue Pharma to settle for $100 million or more after it missed a deadline to respond to his arguments in his lawsuit over the...
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Anthem gift will let Kentucky Homeplace expand diabetes self-management and education project to counties in Western Ky.
Kentucky Homeplace has been awarded a second gift of $150,000 from the Anthem Foundation to continue its diabetes self-management education project in Appalachian Kentucky counties that have high rates of...
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UK researcher calls for change in state law to allow syringe exchange program to curb hepatitis C epidemic in Eastern Ky.
Despite the benefits associated with syringe- or needle-exchange programs in preventing the spread of hepatitis C, Kentucky law still prohibits them, and a researcher from the University of Kentucky is...
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UK’s Gill Heart Institute joins Appalachian Regional Healthcare to advance specialty heart care in Eastern Kentucky
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the Appalachian Heart Center and UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart Institute announced a new collaboration to deliver cardiovascular care to Eastern Kentuckians, which will extend the UK’s sub-specialty care...