Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Board of Dentistry’s relaxation of limits on hygienists is the latest sign of hope in Kentucky’s all-too-grim story of oral health
By Al Smith Kentucky Health News With nearly a fourth of Kentucky’s 1 million children living in poverty and suffering some of the worst oral health in America, the state...
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Meds-for-meth bill stalls in state House committee
A measure aimed at curbing methamphetamine production failed to come to vote in the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. Rep. John Tilley, a Hopkinsville Democrat who chairs the committee, said he...
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What health reform changes to expect in 2012 — assuming the Supreme Court doesn’t strike down the entire law
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments later this month about the federal health care-reform law, and is expected to decide the law’s future this summer. While the...
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Jewish Hospital of Louisville becomes national leader in removing heart pumps from patients with heart failure
Eleven patients with advanced heart failure were able to have their heart pumps removed thanks to a combination of medication administered at Louisville’s Jewish Hospital. Texas Heart Institute is the only...
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Smoking ban bill clears House committee for first time; but sponsor says she won’t take it farther this session
A measure for a statewide smoking ban passed the House Health and Welfare Committee today, the first time such a bill has cleared committee in legislative history, Deborah Yetter reports...
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Campbellsville pharmacists have mixed views about meds-for-meth bill; a good example of localizing a statewide issue
Pharmacists have mixed opinions about a bill that would require a prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine after a monthly or yearly limit has been reached, reports Calen McKinney for the Central...
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Smoking ban can’t get a vote due to Republican boycott over chairman’s block of measure for drug tests for welfare recipients
There could have been a vote Thursday on a bill for a statewide smoking ban, but a Republican boycott of the Democratic-controlled House Health and Welfare Committee over another bill...
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Senate panel and House OK bills to tackle prescription-bill abuse
Two bills aimed at attacking the state’s prescription drug abuse problem made headway yesterday, with a major difference between the House and Senate measures, reflecting possible turf battles between state...
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Kentucky ranked sixth in nation for obesity, fourth in high blood pressure, second for diabetes
A new report shows 29.5 percent of Kentuckians are obese, sixth highest in the nation. The state ranked second in the nation for the highest percentage of diabetes, with 13.7...
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March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day; 71 Kentuckians got the airborne disease last year
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day, an observance meant to spread awareness about the disease, which is the second leading cause of death worldwide after HIV/AIDS. The Centers for Disease...