Month: October 2012
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Health reform expected to hurt recruitment of rural doctors
Recruiting doctors to rural hospitals will get harder in the next few years as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act reaches full implementation and the demand for healthcare services...
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Studies show that preteen girls who get the HPV vaccination are not more inclined toward promiscuity than those who don’t
An electron micrograph of thehuman papilloma virus.(National Cancer Institute photo) The most recent study of preteen girls who received the vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) found that...
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Home-health agency for Madison, Estill and Powell counties says it has to cut staff because of issues with Medicaid and Medicare
Declining reimbursements from Medicaid and Medicare are behind the Madison County Health Department‘s layoff of seven home-health employees last week. Director Nancy Crew said the cuts should not mean a...
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270 U of L freshmen have to vacate dorm because of mold
The University of Louisville has told 270 freshmen they have to move out in the middle of midterm exams after high levels of mold were found in their residence hall....
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Univ. of Pikeville students hear of horrors of texting while driving, actively sign pledge to stop the practice
Alyson Gibson, a student at theUniversity of Pikeville, signs the ‘NoText on Board’ pledge. Maybe it was a surprise to some in the crowd but texting and driving has been...
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Study: Stroke victims getting younger and, yes, risk factors include obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol
A study conducted on first-ever stroke patients in the Greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky area may have some devastating repercussions for the nation. The results of the University of Cincinnati...
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Testing out new school lunch guidelines yields unhappy customers, more trash and an effort to undo the mandate
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, the Obama administration’s effort to mandate more fresh fruit, vegetables and whole grains into the diets of school children, has some uphill climbing to do...
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Three or four more cases of fungal meningitis found in southern Pennyrile region — two of those in Todd County
Kentucky now has five confirmed reports of fungal meningitis, and the Kentucky New Era reports that three or four have occurred in the southern Pennyrile region. The New Era’s Nick...
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State business and health groups team up for forums to answer the question: Do smoking bans help the bottom line?
Some of Kentucky’s leading health and business organizations will host a series of smoke-free forums throughout the state throughout the fall. A joint effort of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce,...
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Study: Prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs to state’s poor kids increase 270% in 10 years; data also show painkiller patterns
By Amy Wilson and Al Cross Kentucky Health News A new report from the University of Kentucky has documented the rate at which the state’s poor and disabled children are...