Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Bill amendment could make dental, vision care more expensive
A last-minute amendment to a bill intended to limit when insurance companies could terminate policies may end up costing Kentuckians more out-of-pocket dental and vision expenses, Courier-Journal political writer Joseph...
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Three of four UK’s research professorships fund work in health
Three of the four University of Kentucky research professorships awarded for the 2012-13 school year will fund health-related work. Each award is worth $40,000. Mark Filmore, right, who teaches in UK’s Department...
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Need for painkillers and social support, shortage of treatment programs, feeds prescription drug abuse in Appalachian Ky.
By Ivy Brashear Kentucky Health News Taking opioids is still the best way to treat patients with pain, but the drugs are addictive because they do more than just alleviate...
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Serious shortage of primary-care physicians expected in Louisville
An aging population, a high number of doctors getting ready to retire, and medical students opting to specialize for better pay and hours are all factors contributing to an expected...
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Rogers joins bill to link up states’ prescription drug monitoring systems
Though a state bill aimed at quashing “pill mills” by proactively tracking drug prescriptions has so far failed to pass in the Kentucky General Assembly, Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers...
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Effort to boost oral health in nursing homes gets tangled up with industry’s attempt to insulate itself from lawsuits; both bills die
A bill to get nursing-home residents better dental services “appears to be dead after the Senate added language from another bill designed to shield the nursing-home industry from litigation,” Deborah...
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‘Meds for meth’ bill is about to become law despite heavy lobbying campaign by pharmaceutical companies
The bill to limit purchases of a popular cold medicine used to make methamphetamine passed the General Assembly today and Gov. Steve Beshear said he would sign it. The Senate...
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Meds-for-meth, pain-pill bills each clear a second chamber; both probably headed to conference committee(s)
“State lawmakers gave new life Wednesday to two bills designed to tackle Kentucky’s problems with methamphetamine labs and prescription drug abuse,” John Cheves and Jack Brammer report for the Lexington...