Day: May 15, 2012
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How to take local action to improve health at the local level is outlined at Frankfort conference
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A recipe for how to improve health at the local level in Kentucky was the capstone of a day-long seminar in Frankfort Monday, with...
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531 deficiencies found in 80 Kentucky nursing homes in first quarter of 2012; worst one had 29; five had none
State inspectors found 531 deficiencies in 80 Kentucky nursing homes in the first quarter of this year, with one facility accounting for 29 of them alone: Life Care Center of...
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Newspaper reporting contest for rural health coverage; deadline June 24
Journalists who have reported about rural health in the past year should start sifting through their clippings. The Kentucky Rural Health Association is awarding four writers $100 each for their...
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Tobacco virus may be used to combat Parkinson’s disease
A tobacco crop affected by drought. Courier-Journal photo by David R. Lutman. University of Louisville researchers say a virus that attacks tobacco plants may be used to develop a vaccine for...
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Coventry changes course, will pay for addiction-treatment drug
Reversing its decision, likely after it was pressured to do so, a Medicaid managed-care organization will continue to pay for a drug used to treat drug addiction. Coventry Cares said...