The Baptist Health Foundation Paducah golf tournament had a record-breaking year raising more than $105,000 in cash donations – a 40 percent increase over last year. Proceeds allow the Foundation to help meet the healthcare needs of our community.
Those who have lost a baby due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death are invited to participate in "A Walk to Remember" at 2 p.m. October 9 at the Lexington Cemetery at 833 West Main Street.
Baptist Health Medical Group Neurology and Baptist Health HealthwoRx Fitness & Wellness Center will offer Brainworks, a free educational series for those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia, each Wednesday in October at HealthwoRx in Lexington Green.
Baptist Health Lexington is one of only 223 hospitals nationwide and one of only three hospitals in Kentucky to receive the American College of Cardiology's NCDR ACTION Registry's GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2016.
In a September 15 ceremony, Baptist Health Lexington dedicated a garden on the lower level of its new Cancer Center to Lucille Bowling Carloftis, a Rockcastle County cancer survivor treated at Baptist Health Lexington 22 years ago.
Pneumonia is nothing to sneeze at. The lung infection, while treatable, is a leading cause of death in Kentucky for those over age 65, and globally among children under five.
