Month: October 2013
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University of Louisville announces global licensing agreement with Novartis for collaboration to help transplant patients
The University of Louisville’s Suzanne Ildstad is shown with research coordinator Thomas Mille The University of Louisville announced Wednesday a research collaboration agreement between one of its researchers, Suzanne Ildstad,...
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Scammers taking advantage of new health-insurance system
Scammers are using the new health-insurance system “as an opportunity to try to collect consumers’ personal information or to make false claims,” Gov. Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway...
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A Ky. guide to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Few laws have generated as much confusion, opposition or news coverage as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Despite the flood of news...
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Kentucky’s Obamacare website’s success resulted from careful and early testing, unlike the federal website, writers say
While Kynect, Kentucky’s online health insurance marketplace, is being hailed as the country’s best Obamacare website, the federal government’s $634 million Healthcare.gov website continues to marred by technological glitches and bad...
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Information session on state health insurance exchange to be offered at Paducah Thursday, Nov, 7
The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange will present an information session and allow time for questions about Kentucky’s online health insurance exchange, KYnect, Nov. 7 at the West Kentucky Community and...
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Herald-Leader blasts UK for secrecy surrounding children’s heart program and its efforts to rebuild it despite nearby competition
The Lexington Herald-Leader blasted the University of Kentucky in an editorial Sunday for “stonewalling questions about the decision to halt pediatric cardiothoracic surgeries and the mysterious sidelining of Dr. Mark...
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Obamacare will work, Beshear promises on ‘Meet the Press’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Citing Kentucky examples, Gov. Steve Beshear promised a national audience on “Meet the Press” Sunday morning that the federal health-reform law will work, despite...
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1/4 of those in Pike drug roundup are charged with trafficking in heroin, a substitute for illicitly obtained prescription painkillers
The spread of heroin, at least partly as a substitute for prescription painkillers that have become more difficult to obtain because of stricter state laws, was apparent in a drug...
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Halloween candy hikes risk of cavities, not just from more sugar, but from more frequent eating of it; here are tooth-friendly tips
Photo from EnviroDad.com Halloween candy can rot your teeth. At Halloween, the issue is not just sugar, it’s how often you eat it. Often, kids bring enough candy home from...
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Safety tips for trick or treating, Halloween parties
The state Department for Public Health offers these food safety tips to help you have a safe Halloween: Avoid having children snack while they’re out trick-or-treating so you can inspect...