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• September 26, 2016 Walk to Remember to Bring Attention to Infant Loss

  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.

• September 26, 2016 Free Educational Series in October could help those with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Mild Dementia

  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.

• September 23, 2016 Dr Robert Learch joins Baptist Health Medical

  Internal medicine physician Robert Learch, DO, has joined Baptist Health Medical Group Family & Internal Medicine.

• September 22, 2016 Baptist Health Lexington receives American College of Cardiology Platinum Performance Award

  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.

• September 21, 2016 Baptist Health Madisonville to host Camp Butterfly

  Grief Camp for kids ages six through 12 to be held September 24, 2016

• September 21, 2016 Baptist Health Lexington dedicates Lucille B Carloftis Garden

  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.

• September 14, 2016 Pneumonia can be serious business best prevention is vaccine

  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.

• September 13, 2016 Michael Howard receives grant for new leadership program

  Michael Howard, PhD, Vice President of Education and Research selected as recipient of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant

• September 01, 2016 Baptist Health Lexington first in city to implant naturally dissolving heart stent to treat coronary artery disease

  Baptist Health Lexington is the first hospital in Lexington to implant the recently approved coronary stent that slowly dissolves into a vessel. The new dissolving heart stent, called Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold, offers patients with coronary artery disease a new treatment option that opens a blocked vessel, helps to enhance blood flow and then disappears over time.

• August 31, 2016 Baptist Health Express Care at Walmart extends hours

  New extended hours now offered at Baptist Health Express Care in Hanson and Hopkinsville