Medicine
Medical schools, hospitals team up to fight child abuse in Indiana and Kentucky
FRANKFORT — Kara Mellick kissed her fingers and placed them on her sleeping nine-month-old daughter's head before she headed out the door in the summer of 2009.
Medicine
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MEDICINE
UK receives $6.25 million cancer research grant, gift for blood ailment
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has received a $6.25 million grant and gift to fund research of myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder that can be caused by radiation or chemotherapy treatments.
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LOCAL NEWS
Fayette health department layoffs likely
At least 25 of the 190 employees of the Lexington Fayette County Health Department are likely to be laid off in coming months to cope with drastic cuts in state and federal funding.
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MEDICINE
Lexington programs seek to raise stroke awareness
Strokes are preventable, and the first step is knowing your risks. Lisa Bellamy, stroke program coordinator for UKHealthCare, has been spreading the word during May, which is stroke awareness month. Dr. Greg Cooper, a neurologist with Central Baptist Hospital, said the same things that go into...
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MEDICINE
Enough sleep crucial to good health
Thirty-four percent. This is the percentage of adults who say sleepiness interferes with their daytime activities, from a survey by the National Sleep Foundation. Think about that. One-third of us report being too sleepy to be at our best.
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MEDICINE
Quarterly rankings for nursing homes in Fayette and surrounding counties are released
Herald-Leader Staff Report
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MEDICINE
Medicaid provider says it plans to stop paying for drug that helps fight addiction
Medicaid provider Coventry Cares plans to stop paying for an expensive medication that helps addicts kick opioid addictions, a move state officials quickly condemned Thursday as a contract violation.
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BUSINESS
Managed-care company tells Baptist Healthcare it wants new contract
One of the state's Medicaid managed-care companies has told Baptist Healthcare System that it wants to renegotiate its contract with the chain, which has hospitals in Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, La Grange and Corbin.
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MEDICINE
Fayette health department investigates whooping cough reports
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is investigating reports of pertussis, or whooping cough, after two cases were confirmed, with symptoms in seven others.
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MEDICINE
Look, feel better with regular exercise
If you're in your 40s or 50s you may have noticed that your body doesn't look quite like it did back in the glory years of your teens and 20s. The reason is because of changes that happen with our metabolism and activity level. Many people know that we lose bone mass as we age, but fewer know that...
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MEDICINE
ARH, Coventry reach agreement; negotiations to continue
Appalachian Regional Healthcare patients will remain in the Coventry Care insurance network through June 30 while the two parties continue to negotiate.
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