Day: February 28, 2014
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Medical-marijuana bill clears House committee; cannabis-oil bill, more likely to pass into law, goes to full Senate
A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky passed the Kentucky Health House and Welfare Committee Thursday, but whether the issue will come up for a vote in front of...
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Study shows a decline in obesity rates in preschool children; Kentucky ranks 6th in obesity among pre-kindergartners
The rate of obesity in preschool-age children dropped about two-fifths over the past decade, according to a federal health survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Betsy...
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State House panel approves bills to require HPV vaccinations of boys and girls and ban use of tanning beds by children
The state House Health and Welfare Committee approved two bills Thursday to require that boys and girls to be vaccinated for the human papilloma virus before sixth grade and to generally...
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Dr. Gene Paxton Lewis dies; he was a leader in public health dentistry in Kentucky and the nation
Dr. Gene Paxton Lewis, a dentist who did the first survey of Kentucky’s oral health and helped create the state’s oral health coalition and its first mobile dental office, died...