Month: February 2011
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Legislators expected to ban products containing addictive, powerful ingredient marketed as ‘bath salts’
Kentucky is one of an increasing number of states proposing an emergency ban on products marketed as “bath salts,” which can cause paranoia, hallucinations and even violent behavior. The product,...
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Two bills aim to establish registry for abusers of adults
Identical bills have been filed in the House and Senate to establish a state registry of people who have abused or neglected adults. Senate Bill 38, sponsored by Sen. Julie...
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Senate quickly passes bill to allow optometrists to perform minor surgical procedures; ophthalmologists say that would be risky
“The Senate approved a bill Friday to allow optometrists to perform some surgical procedures on the eye and eyelid, brushing aside warnings from medical doctors who said optometrists are not...
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State’s Tobacco Quit Line is now available to users aged 15-17
The state Tobacco Quit Line will now offer counseling services to Kentuckians aged 15 to 17 to help them give up cigarettes or other tobacco products. The line had been...
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Beshear backs bills to protect seniors from abuse but doesn’t endorse minimum staffing for nursing homes
Gov. Steve Beshear today endorsed a package of previously introduced bills that he said would give the elderly and other adults more protection against abuse and exploitation, but it did...
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Foundation matches Social Innovation Fund money to create grants for improving health services in seven Kentucky counties
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky today announced four equal Social Innovation Fund grants totaling $1 million to improve access to health services, reduce health risks and disparities, and promote health equity...
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Monthly magazine for children in K-3 promotes healthy lifestyles
Every Kentucky student in kindergarten to third grades is getting a free subscription to Fit4Fun, a reader that, through entertaining means, encourages children to lead healthy lifestyles. The publication is...
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Bill filed to keep guns from those judged to be mentally ill
Keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill is the aim of House Bill 308, which was filed last week by Rep. Bob Damron, D-Nicholasville. “We want only...
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More Kentucky children are insured under KCHIP, Medicaid; groups commend effort, ask for improvements
In the two years since the national Children’s Health Insurance Program was reauthorized, about 51,700 children have been enrolled in Kentucky CHIP and Medicaid. Three advocacy groups — Covering Kentucky...
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Systems that track pseudoephedrine sales do not necessarily curb meth making, experiences of Ky. and other states show
Systems that track the sale of the key ingredient used to make methamphetamine have not decreased the manufacture of the highly addictive drug, according to an analysis by The Associated...