Month: January 2011
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Adair County Community Voice newspaper, local health department sponsor Community Health Challenge
Residents of Adair County should be getting more fit in the new year, thanks to community-wide competition sponsored by the local health department and one of the Columbia newspapers. The...
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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...
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Local ordinances have set the stage for statewide smoking-ban legislation, advocates say; poll shows a clear majority support it
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Though advocates of anti-smoking laws don’t believe a statewide smoking ban will pass in the General Assembly this year, they see public support for...
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UK, Central Baptist get millions in federal incentives to use electronic health records
University of Kentucky HealthCare and Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington are the first hospital systems in the United States to receive funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘...
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Statewide smoking ban proposed in legislature
State Rep. Susan Westrom of Lexington, left, announced her intent to file a bill today that calls for a statewide smoking ban, which would prohibit cigarette use in workplaces, restaurants,...
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Bill would require background checks for all nursing home staff
A bill filed Tuesday would require that all nursing home staff, not just employees in direct contact with residents, be subject to background checks. State Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville, right,...
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Kentucky is one of 11 states with federal incentives for using electronic records in Medicaid
Medicare is now offering incentives to hospitals and eligible health-care professionals for the use of electronic health records, but Medicaid is doing so in only 11 states. Kentucky is one...