Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Georgia doctor prescribes pills to help in school — whether or not the ADHD shoe fits — to level the playing field for the poor
Amanda Rocafort and her son, Quintn, who takes Adderall for his ADHD. (NYT photo by Bryan Meltz) In light of last week’s news that the number of poor children on...
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Kentucky Spirit to terminate Medicaid contract with state early; Cabinet assures recipients no interruption in service
Kentucky Spirit, a Medicaid managed-care provider, will terminate its contract with the state’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services a year earlier than scheduled, effective July 5, 2013. The company...
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Governor lauds HB 1 for closing 10 of the state’s worst pain clinics, reducing the number of controlled-substance prescriptions
Gov. Steve Beshear gave credit this week to House Bill 1 for reducing the number of prescriptions written for frequently abused controlled substances and for closing the doors on 10...
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Cigarette companies balking at Justice Dept’s request for “confessional” advertising that they say goes too far
Calling them “forced public confessions,” America’s largest tobacco companies are asking a federal judge to reject the government’s proposed corrective statements for cigarette advertising. Fred Frommer reports for the Associated...
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Open enrollment period for 2012 Medicare Part D continues now through Dec. 7
The open enrollment period for 2012 Medicare Part D began this week and will continue through Dec. 7. The open period is a time for seniors and persons with disabilities...
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Calorie counts on your Coke and Pepsi machines coming in 2013
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, for starters, will start displaying calorie counts on vending machines in an effort to encourage consumers to make lower-calorie choices, starting in...
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Kaiser study estimates how changing Medicare to a premium-support plan like Ryan’s would cost differently by state and region
A Kaiser Family Foundation study has looked into what Medicare beneficiaries might pay under a “premium support” system that relies on competitive bidding, like the one proposed by House Budget Committee...
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Health reform expected to hurt recruitment of rural doctors
Recruiting doctors to rural hospitals will get harder in the next few years as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act reaches full implementation and the demand for healthcare services...
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Studies show that preteen girls who get the HPV vaccination are not more inclined toward promiscuity than those who don’t
An electron micrograph of thehuman papilloma virus.(National Cancer Institute photo) The most recent study of preteen girls who received the vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) found that...
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Home-health agency for Madison, Estill and Powell counties says it has to cut staff because of issues with Medicaid and Medicare
Declining reimbursements from Medicaid and Medicare are behind the Madison County Health Department‘s layoff of seven home-health employees last week. Director Nancy Crew said the cuts should not mean a...