Month: June 2013
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Leaders in Mayfield, a town with a rich tobacco heritage, approve smoking ban
UPDATE, July 9: The ban passed 5-4 on second reading. It will take effect in 2014 and “excludes spaces used primarily for sleeping such as hotels, hospices or nursing homes,...
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UK Board of Trustees OKs $31 million plan to outfit another floor of new hospital with eye toward federal certification for heart work
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light for its $31 million plan to outfit the eighth floor of Pavilion A at UK Chandler...
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Floyd County newspaper editor calls on readers to make lifestyle changes to address area’s diabetes health crisis
The editor of an Eastern Kentucky newspaper has joined an advocacy group’s call for residents in his county to make simple, healthy lifestyle changes, serving as an example of how...
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Veteran journalist offers advice on covering mental health issues: Be careful, creative, and balanced, not discriminatory
The term ‘mental health’ has been tossed around a lot lately in stories about Kentucky’s mental health funding and mental health coverage through Medicaid expansion. It’s important to use precise...
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Pike County settles its part of Oxycontin lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for $4 million; state remains a plaintiff
Officials of Pike County, Kentucky, announced this week that Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, will pay $4 million to settle the county’s part of a lawsuit the county and...
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Rural cancer survivors are less healthy than urban counterparts; 25 percent of rural cancer survivors smoke
A quarter of rural cancer survivors smoke. Cancer survivors from rural areas live less healthier lives than survivors from urban areas. That’s the diagnosis of a study by the Wake...
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Fewer families report having trouble paying medical bills; near-poor struggle more than poor families
Fewer American families are having problems paying medical bills, but 20 percent of them, particularly those without insurance and those that are “near poor” but not :poor,” still struggle with...
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Study finds that daily use of sunscreen prevents aging of skin
Sunscreen doesn’t just prevent sun burns and skin cancer; using it daily can slow down your skin’s aging too, says a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Australian...
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UK joins Eastern Ky. Healthcare Coalition, giving it five hospitals
The University of Kentucky and St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va., are joining the Eastern Kentucky Healthcare Coalition, originally comprising Highlands Regional Medical Center of Prestonsburg, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital...
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State officials tell health-care providers to meet with managed-care companies to get paid, say new system is improving health
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News At the latest in a series of forums on Medicaid managed care, state officials said the new system has improved the quality...