KET to focus attention on cancer with Ken Burns series March 30-April 1, live call-in program on night of April 1

KET to focus attention on cancer with Ken Burns series March 30-April 1, live call-in program on night of April 1

Unknown 5:17 PM cancer, cancer screening, research, television

Kentucky Health News KET  will show a three-night series, "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies," by Ken Burns, an in-depth look a...

Study suggests there's too much imaging of low-risk prostate- and breast-cancer patients in the Evansville and Louisville areas

Study suggests there's too much imaging of low-risk prostate- and breast-cancer patients in the Evansville and Louisville areas

Unknown 4:14 PM breast cancer, cancer, diagnostic imaging, hospitals, Medicare, prostate cancer, research

Hospitals and doctors in the Evansville and Louisville areas may be doing too much medical imaging on patients with low-risk prostate or bre...

As session nears end, bills on heroin, dating-violence orders, managed-care appeals and lawsuit review panels are hanging fire

As session nears end, bills on heroin, dating-violence orders, managed-care appeals and lawsuit review panels are hanging fire

Unknown 4:11 PM birth defects, cancer, domestic violence, drug abuse, emergency medical service, end-of-life care, home health, legislature, malpractice, managed care, Medicaid, physician assistants, research, state budget, stroke

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The General Assembly has sent Gov. Steve Beshear four health-related bills, and sev...

State Senate passes bills to lower a barrier to colon-cancer screening and allow patients to synchronize their prescriptions

State Senate passes bills to lower a barrier to colon-cancer screening and allow patients to synchronize their prescriptions

Unknown 8:18 PM cancer, cancer screening, colorectal cancer, General Assembly, legislation, pharmacies, prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two health-related bills, one to remove a financial barrier for colorectal cancer s...

Medicare to pay for CT scans of people at high risk of lung cancer

Medicare to pay for CT scans of people at high risk of lung cancer

Unknown 7:35 AM cancer, cancer screening, lung cancer, Medicare, prevention

Medicare will now pay for low-dose CT scans for people at high risk of getting lung cancer, a change welcomed by officials in Kentucky, whic...

Heavy use of e-cigarettes may deliver big doses of formaldehyde, which can be a cause of lung cancer, study suggests

Heavy use of e-cigarettes may deliver big doses of formaldehyde, which can be a cause of lung cancer, study suggests

Unknown 10:36 AM cancer, e-cigarettes, lung cancer, lung disease, research, smoking

Vapor produced by electronic cigarettes can contain a surprisingly high concentration of formaldehyde—a known carcinogen that can cause lun...

Jane Beshear launches campaign for new cancer screening van

Jane Beshear launches campaign for new cancer screening van

Unknown 9:21 AM cancer, cancer screening

First Lady Jane Beshear, along with representatives from the K entucky Cancer Program , the University of Louisville ’s James Graham Brown C...

Two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places; Stumbo says it's time for a House floor vote

Two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places; Stumbo says it's time for a House floor vote

Unknown 5:27 PM cancer, foundations, General Assembly, legislation, legislature, lung cancer, poll, smoking, smoking ban, state government, tobacco

Kentuckians have remained steady in their support for a comprehensive statewide smoking ban with two-thirds supporting it, according to the ...

KET program to host authors of "Life Lessons from Cancer" to discuss inspirational messages of book

KET program to host authors of "Life Lessons from Cancer" to discuss inspirational messages of book

Unknown 3:16 PM cancer, caretakers, health education

"One to One" with Bill Goodman will feature the authors of Life Lessons from Cancer, Keen Babbage and his sister-in-law Laura Bab...

Lung cancer gets much less research funding than other cancers, but is deadlier, especially in Kentucky

Lung cancer gets much less research funding than other cancers, but is deadlier, especially in Kentucky

Unknown 9:59 AM cancer, lung cancer

Lung cancer takes more lives annually than breast, prostate, and colon cancers combined, but the disease "generally doesn't get the...

Medicare plans to pay for lung-cancer screening, a boon to Ky.

Medicare plans to pay for lung-cancer screening, a boon to Ky.

Unknown 12:29 PM cancer, cancer screening, lung cancer, Medicare, prevention

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  plan to start paying for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans for people at high ris...

McConnell seeks 'timely and fair review' of plan for Medicare coverage of CT scans for those at high risk for lung cancer

McConnell seeks 'timely and fair review' of plan for Medicare coverage of CT scans for those at high risk for lung cancer

Unknown 8:18 PM cancer, lung cancer, smoking

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell asked Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to "give a timely and fair r...

Kentucky ranks fifth in obesity and its high-schoolers rank first

Kentucky ranks fifth in obesity and its high-schoolers rank first

Unknown 8:58 PM arthritis, cancer, childhood obesity, diabetes, health, heart health, hypertension, obesity

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity and health problems go hand in hand, and Kentuckians are known for both. Kentucky now has th...

UK cancer-center director urges lawmakers to raise cigarette tax and pass a statewide smoking ban to reduce cancer deaths

UK cancer-center director urges lawmakers to raise cigarette tax and pass a statewide smoking ban to reduce cancer deaths

Unknown 5:54 AM cancer, cigarette tax, legislation, lung cancer, research, smokeless tobacco, smoking ban, taxes, tobacco prevention

The Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky supports a statewide smoking ban and an increase in the state cigarette tax to sign...