Day: March 5, 2013
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Study finds only counties in Appalachia, mostly in Kentucky, had increasing rates of death among both sexes as century turned
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News More than 40 percent of counties saw increases in female death rates as the 21st Century began, while the death rate for men rose...
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Smoking ban gets ‘a good scrubbing’ before Judiciary Committee
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The bill for a statewide smoking ban is favored by three-fifths of Kentucky adults, but is dead for this session of the General Assembly....
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Legislature sends fix of last year’s pill-mill bill to Beshear
“After more than a year of debate, a bill that would revamp Kentucky’s prescription-drug law to more strictly focus on pill abuse and ease requirements on patients is heading to...