Author: tara_kaprowy
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Foundation funded by drug companies calls pill abuse overblown
Almost 15,000 Americans die a year from prescription pain medication, a statistic that has the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calling the problem “an epidemic.” But while the issue...
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Pain clinics in Texas skirting law by calling themselves ‘wellness’ or ‘rehab’ facilities
Calling themselves rehabilitation or wellness clinics is the latest way operators of pill mills are skirting the law in Texas, which requires pain management clinics to register and be inspected...
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Doctor report cards will be as big a failure as No Child Left Behind, physician contends in op-ed piece
Tying physicians’ reimbursements to how well they score on a Medicare report card is akin to the federal government having schools submit to No Child Left Behind, asserts Dr. Barry...
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Smoking hookahs can cause carbon monoxide poisoning
Though they’re often viewed as just cool and unusual, hookahs, exotic-looking water pipes that can be smoked at several restaurants and bars in Lexington and Louisville, can cause carbon-monoxide poisoning....
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Pure hydrocodone pain pill in testing; critics worry about abuse
A new pain pill, one more powerful than OxyContin and 10 times stronger than Vicodin, is being tested on patients by four drug companies and could be out as early...
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Beshear says no to hospital merger
Gov. Steve Beshear has said no to the much-discussed merger between three major Kentucky health systems, which, because it required his blessing, puts an end to the proposal. “After exhaustive...
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Herald-Leader endorses Sen. Higdon’s pill-mill legislation
A pre-filed bill that would require background checks for people planning to open pain clinics, prohibit convicted felons from running them, and require that a physician in such a clinic...
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New Year’s resolutions: How to stick to them, how to set up a game plan, and even a few you may want to consider making
Research-reporting service Newswise has compiled an extensive New Year’s resolutions package, information particularly helpful to newsrooms in search of copy during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Use these...
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Nursing homes want panel to review lawsuits against them
“A long-term care industry group wants a new law in Kentucky that would create medical review panels to evaluable potential lawsuits against nursing homes, personal care homes and some facilities...
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Child abuse reviews show failed communication in agency
A picture of failed communication is developing as reporters sift through 86 internal reviews of incidents of child abuse, says an editorial in today’s Lexington Herald-Leader. The Cabinet for Health...