Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Christian program resumes operation, paying medical bills for churchgoers who vow not to smoke, drink or have extramarital sex
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/26/2733933/medi-shares-legal-battle-with.html
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Harlan County Schools look for school-nurse help after county health department, which had done it for free, asks for $10,000
http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23219874/article-Board-tackles-nurse-issue? Update: http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23250170/article-School-district-asked-to-pay-for-nursing-services?
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Beshear, Stumbo credit law for reducing prescription-drug deaths, but reduction was far outnumbered by rise in heroin fatalities
UPDATE: Final, revised data show that prescription-drug deaths in Kentucky actually increased slightly, from 1,022 in 2011 to 1,031 in 2,012, according to the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center....
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New survey shows physicians feel need to limit health-care costs but make that secondary to the interests of their patients
A new survey about health-care costs reveals that 85 percent of U.S. physicians feel a responsibility to address costs but say other professionals have more of a responsibility to do...
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Health Watch USA hosts chief medical director of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Lexington and online July 31
Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will be presenting to Kentucky-based Health Watch USA on July 31 at 5 p.m., and...
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Hospital and insurance chiefs say health reform will improve Ky.’s health care and its health, after bumps in road
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal health-reform law will improve health care and help make Kentuckians healthier, though some will be inconvenienced, officials of Kentucky’s leading hospitals and...
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As prescription painkillers become harder to get and abuse, heroin replaces them in Eastern and Southern Kentucky
Heroin use, which has been a problem in Northern and then Central Kentucky after the state began cracking down on prescription painkillers last year, has been spreading to the Southern...
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School boards across Ky. realign school-nurse programs, squeezed by budget cuts and Medicaid payment issues
School districts in Kentucky have long relied on county health departments for school nurses, but state budget cuts and problems with Medicaid reimbursements have squeezed the health agencies, and they...
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Kentucky, insurance companies are applying lessons learned in state’s hurried transition to managed-care Medicaid
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear rushed to transplant Medicaid into a new bed called managed care, hoping the new medium would save money and improve health,...
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Seven Ky. communities get grants to reduce risks for chronic diseases among children and ‘Invest in Kentucky’s Future’
Seven diverse Kentucky communities are getting money to reduce the risk of chronic disease among Kentucky’s youth. The initial grants announced Thursday are part of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s new Investing...