Brain-injured man disappeared when home staff wasn’t looking
On the day of his disappearance, a resident of a personal-care home who was found dead four weeks later had not been checked on by staff for nearly three hours,...
Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Kentucky court hearing more than 100 cases about drug that caused heart arrhythmia
More than 100 lawsuits filed by people who say they or their family members were hurt by Darvon, Darvocet or other drugs that contain the ingredient propoxyphene have been heard...
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Giuliani backs P’Pool, citing attorney general candidate’s opposition to health-care reform law
Republican Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and presidential candidate in 2007-08, has endorsed GOP nominee Todd P’Pool in the race for attorney general, citing the candidate’s “eagerness...
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What would solve primary-care crisis, create jobs and help banks? Building community health centers, writer contends
The federal health-care reform law will mean a glut of new patients who will be newly insured and bog down the primary-care system. Thousands of construction workers are out of...
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Boys should get HPV vaccine to keep from spreading virus
A federal committee has recommended that boys receive the human papilloma virus vaccine, already recommended for girls, to fight the sexually transmitted virus that is known to cause cervical cancer....
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PIkeville Medical Center agrees to pay $36,000 to settle claim that it improperly billed Medicare
Pikeville Medical Center has agreed to pay more than $36,000, but does not have to admit any wrongdoing, to settle a lawsuit that accused it of improperly billing Medicare. The...
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Jury tells nursing home to pay $1 million to former resident
A Fayette County jury has decided that Lexington’s Cambridge Place Nursing Home will have to pay more than $1 million in damages to a former resident who fell and was...
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Funds available for critical-access hospitals, rural health-care providers through new federal program
Critical-access hospitals, physician-owned organizations and rural health-care providers are now eligible for federal funds that will help them implement necessary infrastructure and information-technology systems, the U.S. Department of Health and...
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Almost $675,000 awarded to five facilities to improve health services, reduce disparities
Grants totaling nearly $675,000 will go from the Social Innovation Fund through the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky to help five Kentucky facilities improve access to health services, reduce health...
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Beshear may need to support meds-for-meth bill for it to pass, Conway says
Passage of a “meds-for-meth” bill next year could depend on how a re-elected Gov. Steve Beshear feels about the issue, on which he has not taken a position, Attorney General...