Month: November 2011
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Ky. premature births declining, but still above national average
Giving birth to a baby before it has been brought to full term has become less common in the U.S. and Kentucky, but the nation still only received a C,...
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Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic nationwide and in Ky.
Prescription pain medicine overdoses now kill more people in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined, with 40 Americans dying every day from painkiller abuse. “This stems from a few...
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Study finds doctors often overestimate how well they communicate in English as a second langauge
A study appearing in Health Services Research shows physicians who speak English as a second language, an increasing phenomenon in the U.S. and parts of Kentucky, often overrate how well...
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UK surgeons first to do life-saving lung procedures in tandem
Surgeons at the University of Kentucky are the first in medical history to perform two procedures in tandem to bridge a lung transplantation. The procedures were performed first on Wanda...
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Smokeless tobacco can help you quit cigarettes, Owensboro-area residents are told (partly with tobacco money)
“Switch and quit” is the theme of an advertising campaign being promoted by a prominent cancer center in Kentucky, in which smokers are advised to lay off the cigarettes in...
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Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy Conference to be held Nov. 11 in Lexington
Focusing on issues like hospital- and health care-acquired infections, the impact of medical errors and infections on patients, and the importance of transparency, the Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy...
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Rural children face more health risks; most parents say their kids are healthy
Children in rural areas face more health challenges than those in urban parts of the country, and are more likely to be poor, more vulnerable to death from injuries, and...
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Hike in health insurance premiums due to rising health costs, not reform law, FactCheck.org concludes
Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored family plans shot up by 9 percent from 2010 to 2011, but the bulk of the hike is due to the increase in health care...
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Haven’t quit smoking, lost weight? Pay more for health insurance, more companies say
In an effort to keep health-care costs down, companies across the country, including Walmart, are opting to charge workers who smoke or are obese higher premiums than their more healthy...
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State’s Medicaid program will be handled by managed care companies starting tomorrow
Update, Nov. 1: Kentucky Voices for Health, a coalition of more than 250 health care organizations, individuals and advocates, released its views on the move to managed care, which they...