Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Feds issue ratings on 3,662 hospitals, 82 in Ky.; none get top rank, 16 get second rank; industry says ratings oversimplify
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released its Overall Hospital Star Ratings, just two days after two U.S. House members introduced a...
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Ky. has 54 counties at high risk for spread of HIV and hepatitis C among IV drug users but only 6 of them have needle exchanges
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Why, if 54 of Kentucky’s 120 counties are among the nation’s most vulnerable to outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C among intravenous drug users,...
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Updated directory of local health coalitions published
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released an updated directory of groups working on health in the state. It includes 230 groups representing all 120 counties as well as statewide...
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Analysis of Ind. Medicaid plan, Bevin model, shows same concern about financial hardship voiced by Ky. critics; Ind. officials reply
Gov. Matt Bevin By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News While Republican Gov. Matt Bevin works on his proposal to reform his Democratic predecessor’s expansion of Medicaid, the Indiana program that...
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Testing for colon cancer may detect it without colonoscopy
Dr. Morris Beebe III (Photo from Baptist Health) Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths (after lung cancer) even though effective, inexpensive, non-invasive screening options have been...
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Dean of osteopathic medical school at Pikeville University is new president of American Osteopathic Association
Boyd R. Buser, D.O. Boyd R. Buser, dean of the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pikeville, is the new president of the American Osteopathic Association. The organization represents the...
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Latest sign of IV drug spread: Hepatitis C cases among Kentucky women of childbearing age more than tripled from 2011 to 2014
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart shows hepatitis C rates for Kentucky and U.S. Hepatitis C among Kentucky women of childbearing age more than tripled from 2011 to 2014,...
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Justice Department sues to block Aetna’s takeover of Humana
Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice has filed lawsuits to block the sale of Louisville-based Humana Inc. to Aetna Inc. and of Cigna Inc. to Anthem Inc., on grounds...
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Lexington baby tests positive for Zika virus but shows no effects; later found not to be infected
UPDATE: The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says further testing of the original sample shows that the infant was not infected. “These findings indicate that the infant was...
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Health advocates, providers and faith leaders voice concerns about Medicaid plan; one says it’s based on false assumptions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — Health advocates, providers and faith leaders spoke out against Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid program at a news...