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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Kentucky hospitals score mostly Bs and Cs on hospital safety scorecard; most in U.S. earned an A or B

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In an analysis of the nation's hospitals and their safety records, many of Kentucky's health care facilities have some shortcomings...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Task force recommends changes to protect safety and health of middle school students who play interscholastic sports

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The boys of North Marshall Middle School of Benton, Ky., after winning a Christmas tournament last year. Beth Musgrave of the Lexin...

The world is getting fatter, but Kentucky's rate of obesity is two and a half times the world rate

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Take no solace from  The Economist , which proclaims in its yearly analysis-and-prognostication issue that this is the year world leaders w...

UK study: Old, perhaps obsolete heart drug increases deaths in patients with atrial fibrillation

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A drug widely used against heart disease can increase the possibility of death when used by patients with atrial fibrillation, a common hea...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

N. Ky. Chamber to ask state for more funding to fight heroin; London police make first known heroin trafficking arrests there

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The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is planning to lobby the state for more funding for heroin treatment after receiving reports fr...

Two Kentucky moms participate in Duke study that found potentially toxic and unnecessary chemicals in most couches

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Two Central Kentucky mothers participated in a Duke University -led study published today that shows that a vast majority of U.S. couches...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Experimental concentrated breast cancer radiation therapy offers new options for women who live far away from treatment facilities

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A study at the University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center designed to make  radiation treatment more accessible to women who...

Report: Bounce-house injuries to children have skyrocketed

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A new report out today in the journal Pediatrics warns that, on average, 31 children a day are transported to U.S. emergency departments ...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Expanding Medicaid in Kentucky would add 5 percent to the state's cost over the next 10 years, national study predicts

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Expanding Medicaid to people making up to 138 percent of the poverty level under federal health reform and its heavy subsidies would cost K...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Judge rules University of Louisville's hospital is public and subject to Open Records Act; it may appeal

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The University of Louisville 's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Christian Co. Health Dept. to stop providing cancer screens, contraceptives to residents of other counties

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As of Jan. 1, the  Christian County Health Department will not provide contraceptives or cancer screening to indigent patients if they do ...

UK, ARH planning efforts against high rate of heart-disease deaths and limited availability of proper food in Perry County

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The death rate from heart disease is nearly twice as high in Perry County (Wikipedia map) as in Kentucky as a whole, so there's no b...