Month: November 2011
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U of L spinal cord center brings in $13.7 million in 2011, $64.1 million since 2000
The University of Louisville‘s spinal cord scientists attracted more than $13.7 million in outside funding in 2011 alone, and have brought in a total of $64.1 million since 2000. “This...
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Beshear says hand over child abuse records; cabinet immediately files for more time
Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the release of “state records of children who have been killed or nearly killed as a result of abuse and neglect,” reports Beth Musgrave of the...
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Baptist-Trover hospital merger another example of trend
Though the proposed merger of Saint Joseph Health System, University Hospital and Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare has grabbed recent headlines, another merger is under way, with Baptist Healthcare...
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Move to managed care involves a steep learning curve, patients and providers tell Noelle Hunter of The Morehead News
Patients and providers are “ascending a steep learning curve as they implement Medicaid managed care,” reports Noelle Hunter in a two-part series in The Morehead News. Even for a proactive...
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Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day; 1.2 million Americans are thought to be infected, but only 1 in 5 know it
Friday is World AIDS Day, an opportunity to learn the facts about the virus and show support for people living with it. In the United States, there are 1.2 million...
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Corbin City Commission enacts smoking ban
The Corbin City Commission passed an ordinance this week to ban smoking in all enclosed public areas and enclosed public buildings. The ordinance will also require smokers to remain at...
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Poll finds Kentucky has the highest smoking rate in the country; a statewide ban would reduce it, advocates say
Kentucky has the highest smoking rate in the country, with 29 percent of people surveyed by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index answering “yes” to the question, “Do you smoke?” (United Press...
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Abuse must be reported to officials in Ky., unlike scandalized Pa.
State law should prevent the child abuse scandal that has rocked Penn State from happening in Kentucky. (Associated Press photo: Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, assistant coach Mike McQueary...
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Pat Boone commercial about Medicare has many inaccuracies
A television commerical misleads seniors into believing the federal health-care reform law will ration and deny care and contains other inaccuracies, according to FactCheck.org, a non-partisan, non-profit service based at...
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Kentucky second highest in antibiotic consumption in U.S.
The next time you ask your doctor for an antibiotic, or if he or she offers to give you one, think again. It might do your health no good, but...