Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
As Kentucky prepares to put more of its Medicaid program under a managed-care system to save money, a judge has ruled that the contractor running the program’s only managed-care plan...
In keeping with its second-to-last state ranking in the 2010 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which assessed people’s physical and emotional health across the country, one of Kentucky’s congressional districts and its...
U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers of Eastern Kentucky’s 5th District continues to pressure the White House for more action to crack down on “crook doctors operating these pill mills,” the...
The percentage of people who smoked 20 or more cigarettes a day decreased significantly from 1965 to 2007 in the United States, according to a study in the March 16...
In time for the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the federal health-reform law, the Kaiser Family Foundation is advertising its Health Reform Source website, which offers comprehensive resources concerning...
Watching TV commercials, not the sedentary act of watching TV itself, contributes to obesity in children, according to a study published by the American Journal of Public Health. The study...
Inspectors found 389 deficiencies at 66 Kentucky nursing homes in the last three months of 2010. Ten of the nursing homes inspected had 10 or more deficiencies. Two of them,...
There were proposals to combat childhood obesity, fight methamphetamine production, impose a statewide smoking ban and protect nursing home residents, but Kentucky lawmakers were reluctant to make changes through health-related...
Days after a bill was passed that will reduce prison time for the state’s low-risk, non-violent drug offenders, the 2010 Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that seven in 10 Kentuckians...
Kentuckians are among the least happy and healthy citizens in the country, with the state ranking second lowest in a survey that rates the emotional and physical health of Americans....