Month: January 2014
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Columnist responds to poll on smoking ban; he, another foe and two advocates will debate it on KET’s ‘Kentucky Tonight’
Jim Waters of the Bluegrass Institute, which bills itself as “Kentucky’s free-market think tank,” sees “reasonable doubt” in the recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll that found two out of...
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Appalachian Regional Hospitals use untruthful information to encourage Obamacare signups; CEO says he has no regrets
The Appalachian Regional Healthcare system has posted notices in its 10 hospitals that “provides an incorrect web address to sign up for federally mandated health coverage, falsely states uninsured patients...
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State Senate passes long-sought bill to ease prescribing of non-narcotic drugs by advanced practice registered nurses
After years of lobby fights between doctors and advanced practice registered nurses, the state Senate has passed 36-1 a compromise version of legislation that would allow some APRNs to prescribe...
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Lifestyle changes and screening will decrease risk of cancer, which is especially deadly in Kentucky
This Kentucky Cancer Consortium graph shows the deaths from cancers with evidence-based prevention or early detection methods in Kentucky in 2005-09. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the...
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Exercising when sick can delay recovery and can spread the infection; symptoms above and below neck are a key guideline
Feeling under the weather? Be careful about exercising; doing it when sick can do more harm than good. mensfitness.com photo “Depending on where a person experiences symptoms of illness can...
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Key tools against smoking in last 50 years have been taxes, laws, regulations, medicine, education and cessation programs
Eight million lives have been saved as a result of the U.S. surgeon general’s efforts for tobacco control says an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Surgeon...
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Bullitt fiscal court’s ban on smoking in public buildings negates broader health-board ban; case worries local health directors
A smoker in the Bullitt County Judicial Center last month. (Photo by Dana Rieber, special to The Courier-Journal) Who should get to steer the no-smoking ship in Bullitt County? The county...
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State insurance exchange officials say they’re not worried about relatively low share of people 18-34 signing up for health plans
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Two and a half months before the initial enrollment period ends, only 21.6 percent of Kentuckians who have signed up for a health plan...
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As deadline looms to choose plan for coverage effective Jan. 1, calls flood Kynect contact center; agents get special number
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange contact center has been in unusually high demand this week because of the Wednesday, Jan. 15 deadline to sign...
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Study says ’16 and Pregnant’ reality TV show is responsible for 5.7% decline in births to teens, but numbers still high in Kentucky
The MTV show “16 and Pregnant” has been highly criticized, not only for featuring pregnant teens, but because some of the cast members have since been arrested, gotten into trouble...