Women, trust your gut if you suspect a stroke; here’s how to judge
Stroke is the fourth-most common cause of death in women, and rural women are particularly in danger because stroke victims must get treatment quickly to improve their odds of a...
Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Stroke is the fourth-most common cause of death in women, and rural women are particularly in danger because stroke victims must get treatment quickly to improve their odds of a...
Lee Anne Walmsley, Julie Marfell and Paul Norrod —– OPINION by Julie Marfell, Paul Norrod and Lee Anne Walmsley Nurses are the backbone of health care, supporting and protecting their...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo —– The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and the Kentucky Department of Education is launching a statewide summer wellness campaign to promote five habits to promote student...
Kentucky Health News graph, from Kentucky Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s surge in coronavirus cases continued last week, at a slightly slower...
Gabi Espinosa and Ashlee Vogelsang at the Polk-Dalton Clinic (University of Kentucky photo by Mark Cornelison) —– By Dani Jaffe University of Kentucky For expectant mothers, the top priority is...
A Carter County ambulance (Carter County Times photo) —– An ambulance took a student from East Carter High School in Grayson to Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland Thursday after the student had an adverse reaction...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual County Health Rankings & Roadmaps report, showing how the health status of every county in the United States compares to that of...
“The setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like Dr. Melissa Dennison’s office . . . the next patient arriving every 15 minutes,” says The New York Times. (NYT...
Image from WKDQ.com —– Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued a consumer alert Wednesday warning Kentuckians of scams related to the nationwide shortage of infant formula. “Scammers often attempt to take...
Key portions of Kentucky’s new abortion law are on hold, at least until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after the 15th week...