Day: January 10, 2011
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Rural teens more likely to abuse prescription meds; Operation UNITE launches ‘Accidental Dealer’ to guard medicine cabinets
A University of Kentucky study has shown rural teenagers in Kentucky are 26 percent more likely to abuse prescription drugs than those living in urban areas, the Lexington Herald-Leader‘s Mary...
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Dental tech firm wins $10,000 and free office in Kentucky Highlands’ statewide business competition
A Louisville-based company, Inven, will receive $10,000 and free office space for a year to develop dental health technology. Inven won first place in a statewide business competition hosted by...
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FactCheck.org: Health reform does not ‘kill jobs’; GOP disagrees
In their report released last week, Republicans in the U.S. House said the new health reform law will be “job-killing,” but FactCheck.org has concluded that is not necessarily the case....
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Flu is now widespread in Kentucky
Flu activity is now widespread in Kentucky, WKYT-TV reports. “It has just reached the category of widespread,” Kentucky Health Commissioner Dr. William Hacker told the Lexington station. “It can be...