Stop looking at the wrong end of the elephant: The cost of health care is the real problem that needs solving, writer says

By John Winn Miller Republished from the Lexington Herald-Leader    Americans will always be at loggerheads about health-care reform until w...

Syringe exchanges and drug therapy can quash 3/4 of hepatitis C cases; experts want treatment barriers cut, but that'll cost money

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in new infections of hepatitis C, a liver disease now driven mainly by int...

Thwarted again, Republicans in Washington are divided about whether to keep trying to pass a health-insurance bill

Pence, McConnell and Trump in happier days ( Getty Images ) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After his last-ditch attempt to pass a health-i...

FDA delays rules that would restrict electronic cigarettes, and suggests it might endorse them as an aid to stop smoking

Teenager and e-cig (Photo via Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) "Electronic-cigarette makers won a major reprieve on Friday when the Food...

McConnell's 'skinny repeal' bill is defeated, with John McCain casting the key vote

As Sen. Mitch McConnell watched, Sen. John McCain turned thumbs down and voted "no" on the bill. UPDATE, 1:30 a.m. July 28: Three ...

1 in 12 Ky. high-school sophomores in 2016 poll said they'd attempted suicide in previous year; prevention efforts increase

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A 2016 survey found that 8.2 percent of Kentucky's high-school sophomores – about one in 12 – sa...

Senators seek a guarantee that the House won't pass the bill McConnell may have them pass; they want to keep talks going

Kentucky Health News A stripped-down version of a health-insurance bill won't pass the Senate unless House Speaker Paul Ryan guarantees ...

Paul gives McConnell his vote to open health-insurance debate, then votes against his repeal-and-replace bill; more votes coming

Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and John Cornyn of Texas after the vote to start debate ( Washington Post photo by Oliver Contreras) Kent...

Annual Bost Health Policy Forum to be held in Lexington Sept. 25; focus will be on "Kentucky's Substance Use Crisis"

The 2017 Howard L. Bost Health Policy Forum, "Kentucky's Substance Use Crisis: Solutions and Strategies" will have as its keyn...

Interactive map gives estimated premiums under latest Senate health-insurance bill, by age, income and county

The fate of health-insurance legislation in the Senate remains very much up in the air , but the Kaiser Family Foundation has updated its i...

Nursing professor at Pikeville moves up to dean

Karen Damron Karen Damron, an associate professor in the Elliott School of Nursing at the University of Pikeville , is the new dean of the s...

Protesters ramp up activity against state's only remaining abortion clinic, prompting national news coverage

Protesters at clinic  (AP photo by Dylan Lovan) The battles over Kentucky's only remaining abortion clinic have prompted national storie...

As health-insurance vote looms, McConnell's path to immediate success is narrowed

Kentucky Health News UPDATE, 3:08 p.m. July 25: The Senate voted 51-50, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie, to open debate on h...

Study: 33% of dementia cases could be prevented by avoiding certain risk factors, including 9% by reducing mid-life hearing loss

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One-third of the world's dementia cases might be prevented if people avoided nine very different...

Artificial sweeteners linked to long-term weight gain, higher body-mass index and risk of heart disease, but we don't know why

Epicurious.com Artificial sweeteners are "dodgy" when it comes to weight management, and people who use them regularly have higher...