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The man behind Danville’s smoke-free ordinance is stepping down from his position as Boyle County’s public health director. “I’ve got a 100-acre farm and I plan to pursue those interests...
A report from the American Academy of Pediatrics stresses children’s physicians can play a vital role in educating parents about setting limits for kids when it comes to technology like...
Louisville doctors have helped a woman with an extremely rare type of dwarfism deal with the deterioration caused by her disorder. Monica Zaring, who is one of just two women...
Electronic cigarettes and water pipes known as hookahs will be banned in enclosed public places in Madison County beginning Monday under an amendment to the county’s existing smoking ban. The ban,...
With summer blockbusters set to be released in the coming months, the Kentucky Optometric Association says watching 3-D movies is not harmful to eyes, but can cause eye strain and...
Despite Georgia’s recent move to implement a system that will track prescription pill use, a national system is needed to help prevent the problem flowing “to the next crack in...
In order to pay lower premiums on their health insurance, Americans are opting for plans that have cheaper monthly premiums but higher deductibles, USA Today‘s Kelly Kennedy reports. In 2007,...
After Louisville doctors performed a life-saving operation on her failing heart, a 16-year-old girl is set to return to her native Haiti. Stephanie Privert, left, came to Kentucky after she...
By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health News With the Obama administration offering more funding to improve rural health care, Rural Training Track programs to steer medical students to rural areas are hoping...