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Draft plan for a statewide campaign for better health gets endorsement, much talk at Friedell Committee annual meeting
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3:35 PM
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A statewide committee of volunteers is on target with its plan for a campaign to make Kentucky a healthier ...
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cancer
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diabetes
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health rankings
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health status
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obesity
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prevention
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smoking
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tobacco
Kentucky, in Diabetes Belt, needs to do more to keep percentage of residents with costly disease from rising, advocates say
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7:08 PM
By Dr. Gilbert Friedell and Isaac Joyner World Diabetes Day is Nov. 14, and we urgently need to address this plague right here at home. Diab...
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county health
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diabetes
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exercise
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nutrition
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obesity
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prevention
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weight loss
KET offers program about diabetes prevention and control
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5:16 PM
KET 's "Connections with Renee Shaw" is offering a program about diabetes prevention and control on KET2 Friday, Nov. 8 at 5 p...
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broadcast journalism
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diabetes
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health education
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prevention
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television
1 in 3 don't get potentially life-saving screening for colon cancer, second leading cause of cancer death in Ky. and U.S.
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4:59 PM
Federal officials said Tuesday that although detecting colon cancer early saves lives, only about two-thirds of Americans aged 50 to 75 have...
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cancer
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cancer screening
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colorectal cancer
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doctors
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elderly
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exercise
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obesity
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physicians
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prevention
November is National Diabetes Month; here are some tips to stay healthy and keep the disease from stealing your vision
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12:26 PM
November is National Diabetes Month, and if you're one of more than 370,000 Kentuckians with the disease, in addition to watching your...
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diabetes
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diet
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exercise
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eye care
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fruit
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nutrition
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prevention
A Ky. guide to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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3:05 PM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Few laws have generated as much confusion, opposition or news coverage as the Patient Protection and ...
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employers
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Health Care Costs
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Health Care Reform
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health insurance
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insurance coverage
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insurance exchange
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Medicaid
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Medicare
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prescription drugs
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prevention
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seniors
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state government
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taxes
Ovarian cancer screening is critical in detecting tumors that don't show up on clinical exams, and increases chance of survival
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9:29 AM
Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear joined some of the state's female legislators to highlight the importance of screening for ovarian canc...
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cancer
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cancer screening
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ovarian cancer
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prevention
Increased contact with bats leads to more rabies vaccinations in N. Ky.; health officials say all encounters should be reported
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10:47 AM
Fruit bat roosting in a home Northern Kentucky health officials are warning residents to be more wary of bats after an unusually high number...
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animal disease
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Centers for Disease Control
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county health departments
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health departments
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prevention
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vaccinations
Anthem gift will let Kentucky Homeplace expand diabetes self-management and education project to counties in Western Ky.
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10:25 AM
Kentucky Homeplace has been awarded a second gift of $150,000 from the Anthem Foundation to continue its diabetes self-management educatio...
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Appalachia
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diabetes
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education
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health education
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prevention
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rural health
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rural-urban disparities
Kentucky has nation's first statewide, comprehensive plan for diabetes prevention; 10 percent of us have the disease
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11:56 AM
Kentucky leads the way in the fight against diabetes and towards improving health for future generations of Kentuckians by becoming the firs...
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diabetes
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exercise
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General Assembly
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legislature
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Medicaid
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nutrition
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obesity
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prevention
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state government
Obama and allies tout preventive-services and drug benefits of health-reform law to Medicare beneficiaries in Ky.
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9:09 AM
The federal health-reform law has made drugs more affordable for seniors, broadened coverage for preventive services and made Medicare more ...
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cancer screening
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drugs
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generic drugs
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health reform
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Medicare
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prescription drugs
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prevention
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seniors
Eastern Kentucky reluctant to accept HPV vaccination that helps prevent cervical, mouth and throat cancers
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11:25 AM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News New research indicates that HPV, the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus, is now the leading c...
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cancer
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cervical cancer
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HPV
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human papillomavirus
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prevention
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rural
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rural health
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rural-urban disparities
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vaccinations
Kentucky will soon require simple screening at birth to detect silent killers of newborns
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8:15 AM
A new state law taking effect in January will require all babies born in Kentucky to be screened for critical congenital heart disease, whic...
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babies
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children
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children's health
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disabilities
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prevention
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screen time
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state government; General Assembly
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state law
Study shows a 15-minute, moderate-speed walk a half-hour after eating can control older folks' spikes in blood sugar
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2:42 PM
It's no news that walking is good for your health or for preventing diabetes, but a new study published in Diabetes Care says a 15-min...
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diabetes
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elderly
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exercise
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prevention
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walking
Free HIV testing available from health departments and community-based health groups in June; key to AIDS prevention
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2:37 PM
In honor of National HIV Testing Day on June 27, community-based organizations and local health departments are hosting free HIV testing thr...
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Cabinet for Health and Family Services
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county health departments
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health departments
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health education
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HIV
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prevention
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public health
Working with a local, regional or state health coalition? A simple step can help make healthy changes in Kentucky
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1:02 PM
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is asking you to help update last year's Kentucky Health Coalitions Directory, a list of local gro...
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chronic disease
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community health centers
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county health
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
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health care
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healthy food
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physical activity
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prevention
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smoking ban
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smoking ordinances
Bankruptcy filing by mental-health agency is a loser for Kentucky, where such services can be scarce and little used
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2:15 PM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The decision of Seven Counties Services Inc . to file bankruptcy to avoid paying into the Kentucky E...
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alcohol
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alcohol abuse
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depression
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drug abuse
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health care law
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legislature
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Medicaid
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mental health
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mental illness
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prevention
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state government
W. Va. plans private-public model to provide school breakfast, improve child health, fight obesity; could this approach help Ky.?
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3:47 PM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Breakfast has been said to be the most important meal of the day, and it can be important in fighting...
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breakfast
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child obesity
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childhood obesity
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children
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children's health
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education
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food
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food security
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health policy
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Medicare
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prevention
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state government
Parents should talk to children about alcohol; study shows teens do listen
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3:15 PM
Two recent studies highlight how important it is for parent to talk with their teens about the risks of alcohol use, which leads to more tha...
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alcohol
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alcohol abuse
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children's health
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prevention
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teenagers
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teens
Beshear vetoes prompt-pay bill but takes several steps to address problems in Medicaid; he and Haynes say it's working
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12:10 PM
Gov. Steve Beshear has vetoed the bill designed to make Medicaid managed-care firms pay health-care providers more quickly, but is taking ad...
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General Assembly
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governor
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Health Care Costs
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health insurance
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legislature
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managed care
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Medicaid
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prevention
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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...