Parents, children should discuss HPV vaccine, study indicates
A study at Ohio State University found that college-aged women who have talked to their mothers about the human papillomavirus are more likely to get the vaccine that prevents it,...
Month: October 2011
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Conway supports, P’Pool opposes meds-for-meth law; Conway defends decsion not to join lawsuits about federal health reform
In a debate where most of the sparks flew over often-specious questions about conflicts of interest, one of the biggest substantive disagreements between the candidates for attorney general Monday night...
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Directory listing 2,500 substance-abuse treatment resources in Kentucky released; every county has at least one facility
There are 2,500 resources for substance abuse treatment in Kentucky, with at least one in each county, research at the University of Kentucky has found. “In addition to the 345...
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Former official: DEA failed to slow prescription drug abuse epidemic by not limiting production
At a time when Oxycontin abuse was rapidly increasing, the Drug Enforcement Agency had the power to slow production of the drug and perhaps stave off what is now a...
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New Florida laws helping stem flow of pills, but loopholes remain and trade is shifting to other states
Though pill mills continue to be a big problem in Florida, where lax laws have fueled Kentucky’s prescription pill trade, there is evidence that the tides are slowly turning in...
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Despite new laws, Florida still fuels ‘pill pipeline’ to Kentucky
If you thought Florida’s recent moves to stop the “pill pipeline” to Kentucky have worked, think again. “Cash-only clinics continue to operate throughout the Sunshine State, with doctors indiscriminately doling...
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Ex-boss of defunct Jenkins personal-care home accepts federal plea deal; he and relatives still face state charges
“The former administrator of a Letcher County personal-care home that was recently shut down by the state pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to a charge that he took thousands...
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Republican leader and former U of L trustee says university made poor argument that hospital isn’t public
The University of Louisville made a “terribly flawed argument” when it claimed that University Hospital was not a public entity, former U of L Trustee Bill Stone told cable channel...
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Nurse practitioners endorse new plan to fight prescription drug abuse, ask to be on board that will recommend standards
UPDATE, Oct. 14: Gov. Steve Beshear’s executive order did not create a slot for advance-practice registered nurses on the advisory council, which will have representatives appointed by Beshear and nominated...
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Federal agency is pressured to re-post online database of doctors’ malpractice and disciplinary cases
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley has joined journalists, academic researchers and consumer groups in calling on the Health Resources and Services Administration to put back online the National Practitioner Data Bank,...