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Some schools let kids with live head lice stay; policy change has some Kentucky parents scratching their heads
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11:04 AM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News School districts across the country are adopting policies that say students diagnosed with live head ...
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Donor who helped Monroe schools take over, expand wellness center pledges more for improvements, upkeep, scholarships
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8:46 AM
The Monroe County Schools are getting a $1 million-plus donation for a family wellness center and scholarships for graduates of the county...
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Harlan County Schools look for school-nurse help after county health department, which had done it for free, asks for $10,000
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11:24 AM
http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23219874/article-Board-tackles-nurse-issue? Update: http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/2...
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School boards across Ky. realign school-nurse programs, squeezed by budget cuts and Medicaid payment issues
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11:33 AM
School districts in Kentucky have long relied on county health departments for school nurses, but state budget cuts and problems with Medica...
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Kids' excessive salty snacks are linked to obesity, high blood pressure; new limits on school vending items may help
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2:58 PM
As new research shows that America's child-obesity epidemic is linked to eating too many salty snacks, new federal regulations could en...
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Summer lunch programs promote healthy eating habits for students, their families and the entire community
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2:49 PM
Carol Greenwell, who runs the summer lunch program for Bardstown City Schools, hands Brennen Maddox a carton of fat-free milk after he picks...
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The school health services gamble: Ky. health departments could win on the state's bet against Kentucky Spirit's appeal of ruling
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2:15 PM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s health departments may soon get money for school nurses, based on a court ruling in May th...
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Covington schools show 'Fitness Rocks' by lowering body mass, lifting the bars of nutrition, wellness and academic achievement
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1:58 PM
Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools . The schools' Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities ...
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Judge orders Medicaid managed-care firm to pay for school health services, including $8 million in claims; appeal possible
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1:47 PM
Medicaid managed care company Kentucky Spiri t must cover preventive care services provided by local health departments in schools, a judge ...
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Improving Kentucky's mental health calls for the action of schools and doctors to identify children's mental health needs early
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7:30 PM
Many people may think that addressing mental health needs in Kentucky relies mostly on more funding, but its effectiveness hinges more on th...
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Ky. parents strongly favor increasing school dropout age, a step that could make future high-school students healthier
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1:52 PM
A statewide poll has found that Kentucky parents overwhelmingly favor increasing the state’s school dropout age, and doing so might help fut...
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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...