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By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Paducah hospitals is among the nation’s most improved in the last few years, according to data compiled...
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Owensboro hospitals is the best of any hospital referral region based in Kentucky. So says data compiled...
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Louisville hospitals appears to have increased slightly over the past few years but remains well below average....
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Covington hospitals remained below the national average in 2014. So says data compiled by The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that...
Dr. Susan Harkema Dr. Susan Harkema stepped into the stoplight as a premier medical researcher at the University of Louisville the moment one of her paralyzed patients wiggled his toe....
Deaths from prescription overdose hit a record high in 2014 By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Democrats are threatening to filibuster the proposed Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act after a Democratic-led effort...
Photo from drugabuse.com More than two-thirds of state health-insurance plans eligible for federal subsidies violate federal treatment requirements for addiction disorders, says the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse....
Photo from thefix.com By Danielle Ray and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Federal drug rules will soon loosen so that doctors can accommodate nearly triple the number of patients they...
U of L Hospital (Photo from WDRB-TV) The state is investigating whether patient care is unsafe at University of Louisville Hospital because of staff cuts, particularly in nursing, made...
Photo from overseastraineddoctors.com Rural areas are too often underserved by the medical community, but a Madisonville program targeting high-school seniors as prospective health-care providers is helping change that. There are...