Month: March 2012
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How to help your child lose weight? Lose weight yourself
If parents want to help their children lose weight, they should lose weight themselves, a new study shows. “Parents are the most significant people in a child’s environment, serving as...
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A summary of what to expect when the Supreme Court hears arguments about the health-care reform law
How big a deal will it be when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments about the constitutionality of the new federal health-care reform law later this month? Big, concludes Stuart...
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Ky. recognized for high immunization rate; up 17% since 2007
For having childhood vaccination rates considerably higher than the national average, Kentucky’s Department for Public Health was recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week. Kentucky’s childhood...
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Switch to managed care happened too fast with too little knowledge, former Medicaid commissioner says
States like Kansas are looking at Kentucky as a precautionary tale for what not to do when transitioning to managed care, former Kentucky Medicaid commissioner Shannon Turner told Ryan Alessi...
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Beshear names Audrey Haynes secretary of embattled Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Audrey Tayse Haynes, who is a social worker by training but knows her way around politics, government and the nonprofit world, will be the new secretary of the state Cabinet for...
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Board of Dentistry’s relaxation of limits on hygienists is the latest sign of hope in Kentucky’s all-too-grim story of oral health
By Al Smith Kentucky Health News With nearly a fourth of Kentucky’s 1 million children living in poverty and suffering some of the worst oral health in America, the state...
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Meds-for-meth bill stalls in state House committee
A measure aimed at curbing methamphetamine production failed to come to vote in the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. Rep. John Tilley, a Hopkinsville Democrat who chairs the committee, said he...
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What health reform changes to expect in 2012 — assuming the Supreme Court doesn’t strike down the entire law
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments later this month about the federal health care-reform law, and is expected to decide the law’s future this summer. While the...
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Jewish Hospital of Louisville becomes national leader in removing heart pumps from patients with heart failure
Eleven patients with advanced heart failure were able to have their heart pumps removed thanks to a combination of medication administered at Louisville’s Jewish Hospital. Texas Heart Institute is the only...
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Smoking ban bill clears House committee for first time; but sponsor says she won’t take it farther this session
A measure for a statewide smoking ban passed the House Health and Welfare Committee today, the first time such a bill has cleared committee in legislative history, Deborah Yetter reports...