Category: YOUR HEALTH
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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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Evidence grows of links between oral health and overall health
“The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the mouth provides an even better view of the body as a whole,” The Wall Street Journal‘s Melinda Beck writes...
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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...
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Substance abuse conference will be held at Lexington Marriott Jan. 18-19; attendance will be limited to the first 250 registrants
Seeking to build collaborations and partnerships to help deal with prescription drug abuse, a conference called “The Different Faces of Substance Abuse” will be held Jan. 18-19 at the Marriott...
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Health insurance exchange benefits will be decided at the state level; Kentucky can now proceed to set up its exchange
For months, Kentucky officials have said the state cannot move forward with setting up a health-insurance exchange under the new federal health law because there weren’t enough details about which...