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New nano-meds, miniscule robots embedded in a pill, send signals to an external monitor to record each new medication as it slides through the digestive tract. This will be especially useful for older people, who may not be able to keep track of a panoply of medicines.
Gilbert Friedell, a doctor who founded a state health care committee, says many residents of Appalachia acknowledge that their families "have a touch of sugar," but they can't fight the disease by themselves.
The Kentucky city hosts the largest concentration of nursing-home and extended-care companies in the world.
The people in Southeastern Kentucky have the poorest health in the country. Yet the area is rich with medical facilities. Health reform bills are unlikely to change much: One doctor says: "We have to transform the way we take care of people."
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