Romana Hatfield and Connie Sammons celebrates 44 years this week with TRMC!!! Yes 44 years!!! This is a remarkable accomplishment for these two ladies!!! Ramona is our Executive administrative assistant...
The Lawrence County Emergency management director Mike Woods informed the public today that they were notified early this morning from the Kentucky EOC of a large diesel spill in the...
Rural communities have unique health-care needs: accessibility, a lack of providers, the needs of an aging population suffering from a greater number of chronic conditions, and larger percentages of people...
UK students say they're becoming addicted to Juul electronic cigarettes; expert says company has perfected nicotine delivery Liz Donohoe puffs from a Juul while posing at...
‘I don’t want any more Kentuckians to die’; UK doctor leads charge against new opioid pill Dsuvia A University of Kentucky doctor is leading the charge...
Though the opioid epidemic has garnered the lion's share of headlines, methamphetamine use is on the rise across the U.S. "Even in rural communities ravaged by decades of experience with...
Flu season is here, and Ky. has already seen one death from it; health officials urge all 6 months and older to get a shot By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health...
Department of Justice grant to provide $3.7 million to combat the opioid crisis crippling Eastern Kentucky By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The U S. Department of Justice has earmarked more...
Health Policy Forum: Medical marijuana has some health benefits, but there are adverse risks... By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Research shows conclusively that medical marijuana has some health benefits,...
Date: 09-28-2018 Trump administration defends Medicaid work requirements The Trump administration Thursday re-affirmed its commitment to work requirements like the one that Kentucky wants to impose on certain “able-bodied” Medicaid...
September 20, 2018 Lawrence County Health Dept. director Debbie Miller attended the conference mentioned in this story. She said she came right home and took her...
September 17, 2018 By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsKentucky's high-school students have been getting fatter, but obesity among preschoolers in the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program has been dropping, according to...
September 13, 2018 Diabetes prevention or control may not be something that everyone thinks about, but we should... 1 out of every 11 adults have diabetes and 1 out...
Monday, September 10, 2018 OxyContin makers own a second opioid company, and have patented an antidote for withdrawal symptoms Three pieces of news about the billionaire Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma,...
September 9, 2018 Disgusting. Sickening. Nauseating. Words that try to describe human sex trafficking. Evil. Don’t call these predators animals—because animals don’t sell children for sex and animals don’t pay...
Kentucky has very high rate of addicted mothers; rose by double-digit percentages early in decade, seemed to level off in 2015-16 How to Deal with...
August 30, 2018 STUDY FINDS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DRUG SLOWS BRAIN SHRINKAGE An NIH-funded clinical trial suggested that the anti-inflammatory drug ibudilast may slow brain shrinkage caused by progressive MS. Robert J....
AUGUST 29, 2018 RON ENDERS, Preparedness Coordinator, MRC Coordinator at the LC Health Dept. explains need for disaster kit in the home. Click HERE for video....
What you should know about nuclear stress tests Melissa Martin According to Dr. Eric Bricker’s article on Compass Navigating Heathcare Blog, “Stress tests are extremely...
August 24, 2018 press release from Appalachian Citizens' Law Center. WHITESBURG, KY — More than 100 coal miners and their family members, health care and legal professionals, and political representatives...
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