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Indoor air study is background for smoking-ban discussion in Elliott; statewide ban sponsor is optimistic about a vote
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8:32 AM
As the debate over a statewide smoking ban persists, a study shows evidence of harmful air quality levels from second-hand smoke in places w...
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air pollution
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cigarettes
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environmental health
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smoking
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smoking ban
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smoking ordinances
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state government; General Assembly
Study suggesting that coal is a cause of health problems in E. Ky. is disputed by industry and politicians, defended by researcher
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11:24 AM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A heated debate centers on new research showing that residents in Floyd County, where coal is strippe...
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air pollution
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Appalachia
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environmental health
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health outcomes
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research
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rural health
Health agencies in Rockcastle, Jackson, Clay, Harlan to lose 14 employees, some environmental and food-safety inspections
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10:41 AM
In the latest example of Medicaid changes' impact on local health departments, environmental and food-safety inspections will be reduced...
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county health departments
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environmental health
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federal budget
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health care access
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health departments
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jobs
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public health
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state budget
Two Kentucky moms participate in Duke study that found potentially toxic and unnecessary chemicals in most couches
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12:02 PM
Two Central Kentucky mothers participated in a Duke University -led study published today that shows that a vast majority of U.S. couches co...
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cancer
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environmental health
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public health
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research
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Not only may you not get to keep your plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor; there are reasons
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
Trying to Make Sense of the Covered California Numbers
I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
"If You Like Your Doctor You Will Be Able to Keep Your Doctor. Period"
I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
Dried mussels: A little plate with 160 g of protein (plus some comments on high-protein low-carbohydrate dieting)
Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ...
Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
Small Group Health Insurance "Cancellations"––The Next Shoe to Drop But a More Complicated One
Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
Can a Statin Neutralize the Cardiovascular Risk of Unhealthy Dietary Choices?
The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
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...