Month: April 2011
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Free rural health journalism workshop June 3 in St. Louis
Health journalists are invited to attend a free workshop in St. Louis, Mo., aimed at finding the “untold rural health stories,” on June 3. The workshop will provide journalists with...
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Counties not allowed to ban pain clinics, attorney general says
County governments are not allowed to prevent pain-management clinics from opening within their limits, the state attorney general’s office has found. “Because such local ordinances infringe on the state’s right...
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Prediction: smoking bans will be in effect nationwide by 2020
Bans of smoking in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars, will probably be in effect nationwide by 2020, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has concluded....
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Conway joins fight against fruity, high-proof malt beverage
Contending it promotes binge drinking in young adults, Attorney General Jack Conway has joined the fight against a fruit-flavored malt beverage made by Pabst Brewing Co. Conway is one of...
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Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden is being acquired by Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Following the nationwide trend of independent hospitals joining larger organizations in order to stay viable, Hyden’s Mary Breckinridge Hospital will be acquired by Appalachian Regional Healthcare. ARH and the Frontier...
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Kentucky looking at ‘telecare’ for Medicaid patients to cut costs
Kentucky is considering making tele-caregivers — off-site guardians who provide care by monitoring cameras and sensors in a patient’s home — available to some disabled Medicaid patients. The move is...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. seeks entries for health reporting contest
The Kentucky Rural Health Association has started a free Newspaper Reporting Contest to encourage print media outlets to bring attention to Kentucky’s rural health-related issues, such as unusually high disease rates and strategies for...
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Fight against obesity needs to model the one against smoking, key federal official says at Appalachian Health Summit
By Tara Kaprowy and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Obesity is linked to so many other health problems that Americans need to see it as deadly as smoking cigarettes, the federal...
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Kentucky needs system to track hospital infections, doctor says
Kentucky is in need of a single, accurate system that tracks hospital-acquired infections in order to improve health care and receive state and federal funding, an op-ed piece in The Courier-Journal contends....
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New website shows how federal health reform will affect Kentucky
The state has launched an official website containing information about how Kentucky will implement the federal health care reform law, also called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The site...