NYC deeply split on Bloomberg plan to ban supersize sodas
Bloomberg with Linda I. Gibbs, deputy mayor for health.(New York Times photo by Chang W. Lee) In a bold move to curb obesity, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban the...
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Bloomberg with Linda I. Gibbs, deputy mayor for health.(New York Times photo by Chang W. Lee) In a bold move to curb obesity, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban the...
When it comes to dealing with aging baby boomers, the nation’s health-care system isn’t ready to deal with them, Dr. Gregg Warshaw, left, said at the University of Kentucky‘s Summer...
Another in-depth look at Kentucky’s prescription drug abuse problem hit the pages of The Courier-Journal yesterday, this time exploring the history of OxyContin and how well-meaning doctors started over-prescribing opioids in...
The biggest spender to lobby the Kentucky legislature in the 2012 session was the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, which represents the over-the-counter drug industry. Of the $8.8 million spent in...
Coventry Cares has offered to pay for treatments at Appalachian Regional Healthcare as a “non-contracted provider,” which would mean ARH would be paid far less than it is now, but...
The new Eastern State Hospital being built in Lexington. The Bluegrass Regional MH-MR Board runs the existing facilityand wants to run the new one. (Pablo Alcla, Herald-Leader) Despite deep cuts in...
The crackdown on prescription-pill abuse has some patients worried they won’t be able to get the medicine they need because doctors are fearful of over-prescribing. “It’s a huge concern in...
Recovering pill addict Stacy Penningtonof Ashland is due to give birth next month.(Courier-Journal photo by Matt Stone) Stacy and James Pennington had to lose everything, including their children and home, before...
Louisville has the largest concentration of nursing-home and extended-care companies in the country. Of the 570,000 people who call Louisville home, 4,000 work in the industry and produce $28 billion...
Though negotiations between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Coventry Cares appear to be futile, the state is taking steps to make sure there won’t be an interruption in care for the Medicaid...