You’ve seen it on Kentucky roads: a sporty little car roaring around the comparatively slow truck, then darting back in front of it. That driver might as well drive directly to the funeral home and start making arrangements. Seriously, how intelligent does one have to…
If you receive a sudden blow to the head, your first reaction may be to seek emergency treatment. In some cases, patients wait days after a head injury to see their regular doctor, hoping the pain doesn’t get worse. But which health care provider is…
If you know people in Kentucky who smoke pot, they strongly aver that smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol. They point to the years of research findings that show how heavy alcohol consumption destroys the liver and increases the risk of a number of…
Having just read about a study showing that maintaining an active lifestyle may help keep the brain from deteriorating so quickly, I’m brainstorming ways to multitask. Why not exercise the brain and the body at the same time? Here is what I came up with:…
Donna Kinney fell in her RV. Initially diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder, she was subsequently told that she needed a partial shoulder replacement. Off to the Operating Room During surgery, the surgical nurse placed the oxygen tube incorrectly. Donna received too much oxygen, making her…
Although we generally think of Kentucky nursing home abuse as an abuse of a resident by a caregiver, residents often abuse each other. How can this be prevented? Each resident’s door can be kept locked from the inside. Given that perhaps 80 to 90 percent…