Tag: doctors
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Dr. Evelyn Montgomery Jones, a Paducah dermatologist, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association
Dr. Evelyn Montgomery Jones, a Paducah dermatologist, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association. She was sworn in as the 174th president at the organization’s annual meeting, held...
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Nurse practitioners ease doctor shortage, but will have to wait to get more authority to prescribe narcotics; opioid epidemic cited
Nurse practitioner Robin Szczapinski talks with her patient, Harold Brashear Sr., at the Louisville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Courier-Journal photo by Maggie Huber) They’re not doctors, but they do a lot...
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House sends Senate bill to limit most potent painkiller prescriptions to three days, target traffickers of fentanyl
The state House has sent to the Senate a bill to put a three-day limit on prescriptions of high-potency painkillers, and increase penalties for the sale of fentanyl, in an...
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Longtime Whitesburg doctor, winner of national honor, fears patients will lose Affordable Care Act’s preventive care
Dr. Van Breeding (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) Whitesburg physician Dr. Van Breeding says his patients got “bamboozled” by politicians who tagged their expanded access to health care as “Obamacare.” Barack Obama, who...
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Legislature moving bills targeting fentanyl sales, shortening length of most opioid prescriptions to three days
The General Assembly is moving bills to increase penalties for the sale of fentanyl and put a three-day limit on prescriptions of other high-potency painkillers, in an effort to stem...
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Bill for panels to review lawsuits against health-care providers passes Senate, gets off House fast track but still headed for law
Editors: This story has been updated to reflect action that took place after its initial publication. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – A bill to require a...
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Kentucky likely to get measures to restrict malpractice lawsuits
The coming Republican control of state government makes it likely that doctors and other health-care providers will get from the General Assembly what they have wanted for more than 30...
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UK medical school at Bowling Green, similar to deal with Ashland and Morehead hospitals, is aimed at addressing doctor shortage
The Medical Center and Western Kentucky Universityalready cooperate on other medical-education programs. Officials and civic leaders in Southern Kentucky have high hopes for a medical school partnership between the University...
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Surgeon UK ousted has his say in Lexington TV report
A renowned surgeon barred from practicing or teaching at the University of Kentucky for abusive behavior said in a television interview this month that “I think you have to be...
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One pediatrician says vaccines are the most important thing she does; another says providers’ recommendations are key
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One of the most important things a provider can do to get children vaccinated is to offer clear recommendations for their parents. Dr. Ari...