Author: tara_kaprowy
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Penny-per-ounce tax on sugar drinks could save $17 billion, cut consumption and prevent disease and death, academics say
More than $17 billion in medical costs over 10 years could be saved if sugared drinks were taxed at 1 cent per ounce, and it would prevent 95,000 cases of...
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Ky. Citizen Doctor of the Year nominations being accepted
The Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians is accepting nominations for Kentucky’s Citizen Doctor of the Year award. Patients are encouraged to send in their recommendations by Feb. 1. The award...
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Device lets diabetics get blood-sugar levels using Web, iPhone
Starting next week, diabetics will be able to test their blood-sugar levels using a device that instantly sends their readings to an online database that can be accessed by the...
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Hospital employees report only 1 of 7 medical errors, study finds
In keeping with other studies on the subject, a new report shows hospital employees only report and recognize one out of every seven medical errors, accidents or other events that...
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Some employers stop hiring smokers in effort to ‘walk the walk’
As smoking bans become more common nationwide, employers are taking it one step further and refusing to hire people who smoke. Primarily in hospitals, employers “won’t hire applicants whose urine...
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Beshear talks to University Hospital officials about future
Gov. Steve Beshear met with officials with University Hospital officials yesterday to discuss ways the facility can take part in a merger. Last week, Beshear rejected a much-publicized proposal that would...
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Expect action against pill mills, Beshear says in State of Commonwealth address; House GOP leader promises it
Gov. Steve Beshear received only two standing ovations during his State of the Commonwealth address last night, when he mentioned Kentucky soldiers and when he talked about fighting prescription drug...
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Several pieces of federal health reform law taking effect in 2012
At the beginning of the new year, family doctors started facing a 1 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement if they hadn’t nixed their paper-based prescription pads in favor of an...
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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month; disease is second leading cause of blindness
One million Americans will be diagnosed with glaucoma in the next 10 years, prompting Kentucky optometrists to raise awareness of the disease this month. “People who do not visit their...
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“Stop Meth, Not Meds,” ad sponsored by drug industry advises
With some legislators saying a law is needed to make the decongestant pseudoephedrine available only by prescription, the Kentucky Healthcare Products Association has launched an advertising campaign to fight the...