Day: April 20, 2012
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Pill-mill bill passes; attorney general won’t get drug-monitoring system but narcotic-prescribing doctors will have to use it
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, center, walkswith House budget committee chair RickRand and House Majority Floor LeaderRocky Adkins. (Courier-Journal photo). Legislators have sent Gov. Steve Beshear a bill to curb prescription...
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Kentucky’s pill mill fight makes headlines in Wall Street Journal
A man gets arrested at a pain clinic in Lexington.Photo by Charles Bertram for the LexingtonHerald-Leader. The Wall Street Journal has featured Kentucky’s legislative battle over its pill-mill bill in...
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Hospitals get antsy about leasing space to fast-food chains
McDonald’s has space in the Cleveland Clinic. (AP photo) While the U.S. Department of Agriculture decides what to suggest about junk food in schools, hospitals are likewise at a crossroads,...
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Poll finds parents overwhelmingly support more nutritious school food; USDA expected to issue new guidelines
Photo by Reuters’ Lucy Nicholson Chocolate bars, Cheetos and cheesy fries may soon be a thing of the past at public schools in America, and that’s fine with parents, a...
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As U.S. teen birthrate reaches 70-year low, Ky. still 7th highest
The teenage birth rate nationwide is the lowest in nearly 70 years, but Kentucky’s rate is much higher than the national average — 46.2 births per 1,000 compared to 34.3...