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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...
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...
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...
Aug. 28 webinar will help journalists understand health reform
Jennifer Tolbert After The Rural Blog published an item ( see below ) yesterday that said 80 percent of people who could benefit from insur...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Peering Underneath the Iceberg's Water Level: AMNews on the New ECRI "Deep Dive" Study of Health IT "Events"
FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health director Jeffrey Shuren MD JD voiced the opinion a few years ago that what FDA knows a...