Author: Al Cross
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Dr. Nikki Stone and mobile dental team in Hazard have helped cut tooth decay in the region 20 percent in a decade of operation
By Ann Blackford University of Kentucky When Dr. Daria “Nikki” Stone, associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, became the director of the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile...
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Nominations are being sought for award recognizing lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky; deadline is June 17
In June of 2003, the Kentucky Rural Health Association began an award honoring a lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky. The first recipient was Dr. Dan Martin of the...
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Exercise can help prevent or slow cancer, study suggests
Exercise may keep you from getting cancer and slow the growth of a tumor if you get one, according to a mouse-based study published in the journal Cell Metabolism by...
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Flu remains widespread in Kentucky; vaccinations still advisable
This year’s round of influenza hit Kentucky later than usual, and that probably means this year’s flu season could run past May, its usual end, the state Department of Public...
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Dr. Rice Leach, outspoken leader in public health at the local, state and national levels, dies at 75
RICE LEACH, M.D. (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) Lexington Health Commissioner Rice Leach, a national, state and local leader in public health, died Friday of lymphoma. He was nine days short of...
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Legal clinic for cancer patients, families and caregivers in Louisville April 13 is free, but requests RSVP if you plan to attend
A free legal clinic for people facing cancer, and their families and caregivers, will be held in Louisville April 13. The Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville, the...
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Republicans accuse Beshear of holding down failed co-op’s premiums to make Obamacare look good; he denies the charge
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Did Kentucky’s government-sponsored insurance company fail because then-Gov. Steve Beshear and federal officials kept its rates artificially low to make Beshear’s embrace of federal...
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Judge denies Bevin’s bid to close Lexington abortion provider, citing difficulty that would create for Eastern Ky. women
UPDATE, June 15: A three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals reversed the ruling. A Lexington judge has rejected Gov. Matt Bevin’s request to close the city’s only abortion...
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Bill for review of medical lawsuits dies from special elections
A bill that would create panels of experts to review lawsuits against health-care providers is going nowhere, again. State Senate President Robert Stivers said Friday that he and other leaders...
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Patients may be liable for big bills from air ambulances; state House panel approves bill calling for study of companies’ charges
Air ambulance services have enabled rural Kentuckians to get advanced emergency care more quickly, but there’s a catch. “Increasingly, the service also can mean the difference between getting well at...