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Dr. Raeford Brown — By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A Kentucky doctor with expertise in the field is objecting to the Food and Drug Administration‘s plan to approve for sale...
“For those approaching Medicare or already covered by it, now is a critical time of year to review health benefits,” Sally Squires writes for The Washington Post. “Several changes are coming in 2019, including...
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The parent firm of most Catholic-owned hospitals in Kentucky, Catholic Health Initiatives, has received conditional approval from church officials to merge with Dignity Health, a not-for-profit chain based in San Francisco. The...
The Rural and Underserved Health Research Center is holding a free half-day symposium to discuss research in a wide range of topics, including: rural opioid misuse and suicide, pneumonia-vaccine disparities, the impact...
The 20th annual conference of the Kentucky Rural Health Association will be held in Bowling Green Nov. 15-16 at Western Kentucky University‘s Knicely Conference Center, 2355 Nashville Rd. Through Thursday, Nov. 1, the...
Amid growing concerns that electronic cigarettes will undermine the progress made in reducing tobacco-related disease in Kentucky, the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow will host a half-day conference Dec. 10 in Louisville...
The University of Louisville has been awarded $16.4 million to study how the environment impacts diabetes and obesity, U of L announced. “Officials said research will be conducted on how air pollution could...
By Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service Making decisions about Medicare coverage has never been easy. Over the years the task has become more complicated as Congress has moved to...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Several speakers at the Oct. 4 Health Watch USA Healthcare Transparency and Patient Safety Conference in Lexington talked about the importance of adequate staffing in nursing...