Month: September 2011
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Bullitt County health board will appeal judge’s ruling against smoking ban, with financial help from Clark County
The Bullitt County Board of Health will appeal a local judge’s ruling that it lacks the authority to impose a smoking ban, and it will get some help from the...
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Now is the time to get flu vaccine, state health officials warn
State public health officials are encouraging Kentuckians to be vaccinated for flu now to reduce the spread of the illness. Steve Davis, M.D., acting commissioner of the Department for Public...
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New survey shows dramatic increase in employer-sponsored health insurance rates
The average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance has increased 9 percent for family coverage and 8 percent for individual coverage since last year, a new study by the Kaiser Family...
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Caregivers of wounded soldiers find their lives are also changed; getting compensation
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan disproportionately affect rural areas, which provide more than the average number of recruits. The soldiers who make it home alive come back changed, with...
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Hospitals merging to shore up finances and, as federal health-reform law encourages, improve patient outcomes
With one expert calling it “merger mania,” Robert Hadley of The Lane Report looks at how Kentucky hospitals and hospital systems are banding together as they brace for reimbursement changes...
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Funds awarded to educate East End Lexingtonians about food, health
Getting community elders to talk to youth about gardening and cooking is one of the missions to be accomplished in Lexington’s East End neighborhood from a $52,000 grant. The funds...
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Child abuse rates have risen significantly since the economy went into recession, survey in Ky. and 3 other states shows
Child abuse rose as the economy went into recession, shows a study of reported abuse to children under 5 in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. From 2004 to December 2007, before...
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Lexington council turns to wellness center to cut insurance costs
Following a national trend to improve employee health so companies can cut health-insurance costs, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council agreed Tuesday to set up a wellness center for city employees....
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A million more young adults have health coverage; law cited
One million more young adults ages 19 to 25 had health insurance in the first quarter of 2011 than in the same period a year ago, data from the National Health...
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Feds give Ky. $3 million to hold health insurers accountable
Kentucky will receive more than $3.2 million in federal grants to help state officials track health-insurance premium increases and make insurers more accountable. The funds are part of guidelines set...