Day: September 24, 2012
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Walmart, Humana to give discount on healthier grocery choices like veggies, fruit, lean meat, skim milk, certain packaged goods
Starting Oct. 15, more than 1 million members of Humana Inc.‘s Healthy Rewards program will start getting a 5 percent credit on about 1,300 healthy food items at all U.S....
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18 Kentucky hospitals cited as ‘top performers’ on accreditation board’s annual list
Eighteen Kentucky hospitals have been included on the annual list of hospitals that have excelled at adhering to basic procedures for surgery and other treatment of common illnesses such as...
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After two days with doctors at work, Herald-Leader columnist wonders about patients and future of health-care system
Tom Eblen Tom Eblen, the Lexington Herald-Leader‘s local columnist and former editor, spent two days shadowing doctors last week and lived to tell about it. Part of the Lexington Medical Society’s...
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White children exposed to high levels of chemical BPA are five times more likely to be obese, study concludes
White children exposed to high levels of bisphenol A, better known as BPA, are five times more likely to be obese than children with low levels, according to a study published...
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Lexington lawyer writes booklet helping Kentucky businesses to break down health-care reform law
Margaret Levi, a lawyer with the Lexington firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, has authored a new publication, The Impact of Health Care Reform on Kentucky Employers. The 68-page booklet,...