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- Smiling Schools Tooth-varnish Program Expands To 10 More Counties; Now In 40
Kentucky's Smiling Schools program is expanding to 10 more counties and will now provide its free preventive tooth varnishing treatments to children in 40 elementary schools, most in Appalachia, according to a state press release. Gov. Steve Beshear...
- Collaboration, Telemedicine Save Lives In Rural Kentucky
Many rural women in Appalachia can now have their babies closer to home thanks to a partnership between Appalachian Regional HealthCare and UK HealthCare. UK HealthCare women's health providers are now based at permanent community clinics in Morehead,...
- Beshear Budget Would Expand Oral Health, Cancer Screening, Brain-injury Treatment And Alternatives To Institutionalization
Gov. Steve Beshear's proposed state budget includes money to expand oral health programs, screening for cervical and breast cancer, treatment for Kentuckians with brain injuries and programs to held disabled people stay in their homes or communities....
- Free Medical Screenings, Dental Work For Teens And Adults Available In Mayfield Through Tuesday
West Kentuckians in need of health care can get free medical, dental and optical screenings through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the old Morgan Haugh Clinic building at 220 W. Walnut St. in Mayfield from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., including Saturday and Sunday. The...
- Oldham Faith-based Clinic To Reopen Under Oversight Of Nonprofit
A clinic that was the only one of its kind in Oldham, Henry, Trimble and Carroll counties will reopen under the oversight of a nonprofit organization. The facility, formerly known as the Community Care Clinic, will be re-christened the Hope Health...
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Clinic in Greenup will offer free ovarian cancer screenings for Northeast Ky. women
Women in Northeastern Kentucky will be able to receive free ovarian cancer screenings thanks to funding that will set up a clinic in Greenup County.
The clinic is intended for women in Lewis, Carter, Elliott, Greenup and Boyd counties, as well as two counties in Ohio, but "certainly anyone who arrives at the clinic who meets the requirements will be eligible for screening," said Parry Barrows, spokeswoman for Gov. Steve Beshear's office. Eligible women must be age 50 and older or over the age of 25 who have a family history of ovarian cancer.
The clinic will be an expansion of a program that has been in place in Lexington since 1987. As of September, more than 200,000 screenings have been performed on more than 37,000 Kentucky women as part of the program.
To build the clinic, which will be located in the Greenup County Health Department, a $200,000 Appalachian Regional Commission grant will be combined with $45,000 from UK. The health department will contribute $66,600.
"Funding will go toward purchasing required equipment and furnishings, as well as provide program operations for up to 3 years," saysa press release from Beshear's office. "UK will train local ultrasound technicians to facilitate the scans and the UK Markey Cancer Center will read the scans and deliver patient reports."
"Establishing this satellite clinic ... will help save lives by giving women in northeast Kentucky and southern Ohio better access to free ovarian cancer screenings," said Chris Crum, director of the Greenup County Health Department. (Read more)
- Smiling Schools Tooth-varnish Program Expands To 10 More Counties; Now In 40
Kentucky's Smiling Schools program is expanding to 10 more counties and will now provide its free preventive tooth varnishing treatments to children in 40 elementary schools, most in Appalachia, according to a state press release. Gov. Steve Beshear...
- Collaboration, Telemedicine Save Lives In Rural Kentucky
Many rural women in Appalachia can now have their babies closer to home thanks to a partnership between Appalachian Regional HealthCare and UK HealthCare. UK HealthCare women's health providers are now based at permanent community clinics in Morehead,...
- Beshear Budget Would Expand Oral Health, Cancer Screening, Brain-injury Treatment And Alternatives To Institutionalization
Gov. Steve Beshear's proposed state budget includes money to expand oral health programs, screening for cervical and breast cancer, treatment for Kentuckians with brain injuries and programs to held disabled people stay in their homes or communities....
- Free Medical Screenings, Dental Work For Teens And Adults Available In Mayfield Through Tuesday
West Kentuckians in need of health care can get free medical, dental and optical screenings through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the old Morgan Haugh Clinic building at 220 W. Walnut St. in Mayfield from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., including Saturday and Sunday. The...
- Oldham Faith-based Clinic To Reopen Under Oversight Of Nonprofit
A clinic that was the only one of its kind in Oldham, Henry, Trimble and Carroll counties will reopen under the oversight of a nonprofit organization. The facility, formerly known as the Community Care Clinic, will be re-christened the Hope Health...