Month: June 2014
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FDA issues warning label for tanning bed use by minors; sponsor of bill for a state ban says he will try again
Soon tanning beds will have a “black box” warning that those younger than 18 should not be using them, but some doctors, tanning companies and legislators do not think this...
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Lexington auto mechanic becomes neurosurgeon; now researching traumatic brain injury diagnosis and treatment
In the early 1980s, Geoff Manley was a mechanic, and some of his clients were University of Kentucky faculty. That is how he met microbiology professor Shelly Steiner and started...
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WellCare of Kentucky removes co-pays for most Medicaid members and offers to pay for GED course for many
WellCare Health Plans Inc. is improving its Medicaid benefits in Kentucky by removing most members’ co-pays and covering the cost of the General Educational Development test and its corresponding coursework...
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Study finds personalized text messages helps some quit smoking
Smoking is a hard habit to break. A recent study, reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that sending smokers personalized text messages was twice as effective as giving...
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Steven J. Stack will be second Lexington physician in three years to lead the American Medical Association
Dr. Steven J. Stack, an emergency physician in Lexington, is the new president-elect of the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest organization for physicians Stack, at 43, is the youngest...
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National poll finds many who need health coverage didn’t even shop for it because they didn’t think they could afford it
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News The top two reasons people gave for getting health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were compliance with the law and a...
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Doctors in emergency rooms say they are busier since Obamacare began; hospitals struggle to handle extra patients
Nearly half of emergency-room doctors say their ERs have seen an increase in patients since health reform went into effect, and 86 percent say they expect the increase to continue,...
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In selling proposed limits on CO2, Obama administration emphasizes health improvement, not climate-change fight
By Melissa Landon and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As it announced its plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, the Obama administration...
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Safety-net hospitals, haven for the uninsured, are seeing more covered patients since the expansion of Medicaid
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospitals that most often treat the poor and uninsured are seeing fewer uninsured patients since the new health law’s expansion of Medicaid, Phil Galewitz...
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Success of Kynect puts both Senate candidates in a pickle
“The early success of Kentucky’s health care exchange, Kynect, is creating quandaries for both Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes as they address Obamacare” in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race,” James...