Day: January 3, 2011
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Musical reminder fights bed sores in nursing homes
Ten Kentucky nursing homes are using music to cue health care workers when patients with bed sores need to be moved. Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal reports that a burst...
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Conflicting health stories can cause confusion
Conflicting headlines involving the dos and don’ts for how to stay healthy were discussed by a panel in Louisville late last month, The Courier-Journal‘s Darla Carter reports. “In January, I...
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Florida is slow to close valves on ‘pill pipeline’
The “pill pipeline” from Florida to Central Appalachia and other regions has not been closed despite the passage of laws in Florida to tighten controls on prescription painkillers, Bill Estep...