Month: August 2019
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Health foundation offers four new public service announcements about dangers of teen e-cig use; offers them free to anyone
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released four new public service announcements to show the dangers of using e-cigarettes for youth. The announcements are part of the foundation’s “I Just Didn’t...
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Rural coroner made the tough calls on his town’s opioid epidemic
Coroner Steve Talbott, in his funeral home (Photo by Michael S. Williamson, The Washington Post) —– How many rural coroners, witnessing death after death from opioid overdoses, would call police...
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State denies Planned Parenthood abortion-clinic permit
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration has denied an abortion-clinic license to Planned Parenthood in Louisville, saying it performed abortions without proper authorization from the previous administration, as Democrat Steve Beshear was leaving...
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Rural hospitals are likely to be hurt by limit on payments to those with large shares of Medicaid and uninsured patients
Many if not most rural hospitals are likely to take a hit from an Aug. 13 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. “Hospitals...
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‘Juul-alikes’ fill niche left when firm stopped selling some flavors; Drug Free Lexington releases videos aimed at e-cig users
New York Times photo by Brittainy Newman —– Pressed by the chief of the Food and Drug Administration last fall, Juul Labs “stopped selling most of its hugely popular flavored nicotine pods in stores...
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FDA proposes new, graphic warnings for cigarette packs and ads
A Food and Drug Administration photo illustration shows three of the 13 proposed warnings. —– The Food and Drug Administration has again published a proposed rule to “require color graphics depicting the...
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The poorer the household, the more likely its kids are to inhale secondhand smoke; Ky. is poor and has 2nd highest smoking rate
Study charts show less exposure among older youth, who tend to spend more time outside the home. —– Children who live in poverty are nearly three and a half times...
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Federal grant will let former Gov. Fletcher start treatment and housing for addicts in 101 rural counties in 8 states, 47 in Ky.
Dr. Ernie Fletcher spoke in Owensboro last year about his plan to take the Recovery Kentucky concept beyond Kentucky. (Photo by Alan Warren, Messenger-Inquirer) —– An organization headed by former Kentucky...
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Baby born fine after mother monitors fetal heartbeat for doctors, to make sure he doesn’t develop deadly disease in the womb
Tim and Greta Wright and family (UK photo by Hilary Brown) —– By Hilary Brown University of Kentucky In 2018, Greta Wright and her husband Tim, of Lexington, received two surprises....
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University of Louisville is buying Jewish Hospital after all, with the help of an unusual $50 million loan to be backed by Ky. taxpayers
The University of Louisvilleis buying Jewish Hospitaland associated facilities after all, with help from the state and two foundations, to head off a threatened closure of the hospital, which is an important transplant...