Month: January 2012
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Rockcastle County school board nixes ban on smoking at schools
While more than 30 Kentucky communities have banned smoking in enclosed public places, and about as many school districts have imposed a total ban, many districts remain resistant to the...
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Opponents of meds-for-meth bill hold teleconference
Since they were not given the opportunity to speak at last week’s legislative hearing about a move to make pseudoephedrine available mainly by prescription, opponents held a teleconference yesterday to...
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Expect a bill that will require doctors to have KASPER accounts, state drug policy director says
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A bill is likely to be filed in the General Assembly that will require drug prescribers to have an account with the state’s drug...
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Beshear spares some health-related funding in harsh budget
Though Gov. Steve Beshear recommended harsh, nearly across-the-board cuts in his state budget proposal yesterday, some areas relating to health were exempt. Though the budget for Cabinet for Health and...
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Kentucky center helps more than 1,000 providers get electronic health records
The Kentucky Regional Extension Center has helped more than 1,000 health care providers transition to electronic health records, with specialists advising providers so they can meet the federal standards of...
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Kentuckians binge drink more often than residents of any other state, national survey for federal health agency finds
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Kentuckians binge drink an average of about six times per month, more often than people living in any other state, a report by the...
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Spend $1 on smoking cessation, save $3 in health costs, Massachusetts study finds
Every $1 spent on smoking cessation in Massachusetts, saved $3 in health costs, a study of low-income Bay State residents found. That could bode well for the impact of a...
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1 percent of population accounts for 22 percent of health-care spending, study finds
Just 1 percent of Americans were responsible for 22 percent of the nation’s $1.26 trillion in health-care costs in 2009, and 5 percent accounted for 50 percent of costs, a...
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Rural women are less likely to complete vaccinations for cervical-cancer virus; study finds vaccine does not increase sexual activity
Women living in rural areas of the U.S. were far less likely to return for their follow-up doses after they get the initial injection of the human papillomavirus vaccine, a...
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Shigellosis cases are on the rise in Louisville
There have been 60 confirmed cases of shingellosis in Louisville in the past three months, compared to an average of 62 per year in the area. About half of the...