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National magazine looks at drug companies' efforts to stop anti-methamphetamine bills, especially in Kentucky
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12:32 PM
In a strong piece of investigative reporting for Mother Jones magazine, largely about Kentucky, freelancer Jonah Engle delves into the histo...
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House panel approves bill easing rules of 2012's pill-mill bill
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1:04 PM
They could call it the pill they're taking to fix the pill-mill bill. A state House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would tweak l...
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Board of Medical Licensure to amend pill-mill regulations to address concerns of doctors and some patients
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8:29 AM
The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure wants to change some of the more controversial requirements for urine screenings and digital monit...
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Dried mussels: A little plate with 160 g of protein (plus some comments on high-protein low-carbohydrate dieting)
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Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
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Almost 1/4 of Ky. inmates have mental-health issue; lockups are becoming the 'new asylums,' Wall Street Journal says
Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes' high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
On EHR's: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: Part 2
Part 1 is here . This is the second a series of posts I plan on the issue of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" regarding...