Author: Al Cross
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House health panel’s new chair starts fast, with bills to ban school tobacco use, study medical marijuana and spur drug treatment
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State Rep. Kim Moser plans a busy first meeting as chair of the House Health and Family Services Committee on Thursday, Feb. 7. She...
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Financial straits of hospital in Breckinridge County illustrate many of the problems of small, rural hospitals all over Ky. and the U.S.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News HARDINSBURG, Ky. – When the Breckinridge County Fiscal Court voted unanimously in December against raising property taxes to shore up the local hospital’s empty...
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Program trains treatment specialists to help ‘persistent smokers’ quit; providers encouraged to get trained, not give up on them
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A program offered by the College of Nursing at University of Kentucky is training tobacco-treatment specialists with evidenced-based information, and developing the skills needed to...
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1 in 5 Kentucky households delay or forgo medical care due to cost; higher co-payments and deductibles may be a factor
One in five Kentucky households delay or forgo medical care because of the cost, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll, taken Aug. 26 through Oct. 21. The overall...
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How to stay safe in bitterly cold weather
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services news release With zero to sub-zero temperatures predicted later this week around the state, many Kentuckians could be exposed to harsh winter elements....
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Ambulances report fewer overdose calls, say trend is partly due to availability of drug antidote Narcan and increased use of meth
Your local ambulances may be getting fewer calls for drug overdoses, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that your local drug problems are decreasing. The Anderson News found that OD ambulance calls...
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Are you struggling with addiction, or know of someone who is? Here’s expert advice for finding quality treatment
By Anne M. Herron Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment,U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration It can be overwhelming and confusing to know where to start if you need...
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Managed-care firms and legislators do another ‘Groundhog Day,’ but changes might be coming; Passport objects to recent cuts
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Medicaid managed care organizations and others in the health-insurance industry spent the first half of a three-hour meeting bragging about their...
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Specialists give parent-education campaigns credit for big decline in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Kentucky
Fewer babies in Kentucky are dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and wellness specialists are crediting a multi-pronged educational campaign by hospitals and other health-care providers, reports Ann Bowdan of Louisville’s WLKY-TV. In...
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KentuckyOne Health in Central and Eastern Kentucky reverts name to Saint Joseph and adds ‘CHI’ to reflect parent firm
The brand was removed from University of Louisville Hospital last year, and will be removed from other facilities in the city once they are sold or closed. (Image from WDRB-TV) —...