Author: Al Cross
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Florida-to-Appalachia ‘pill pipeline’ appears to be shriveling
Attorneys general from Florida and Kentucky say the prescription pill pipeline between the two states is beginning to close, reports Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald-Leader. They credit new programs...
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UK opening new operating rooms, including high-tech hybrid
The region’s first hybrid operating room, one that adds imaging and robotics to traditional surgery, is opening this week at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital. The only other...
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Rockcastle County school board nixes ban on smoking at schools
While more than 30 Kentucky communities have banned smoking in enclosed public places, and about as many school districts have imposed a total ban, many districts remain resistant to the...
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In front-page editorial, rural weekly in Adair County demands that board members of county-owned hospital resign
In our experience, most weekly newspapers don’t have editorial pages, much less editorials, so when one puts an editorial on the front page and also runs an editorial about the...
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Hopkinsville newspaper endorses smoking ban
The Kentucky New Era newspaper in Hopkinsville said in a recent editorial that if the state legislature doesn’t enact a smoking ban, the city should. The General Assembly “should not...
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UK professor named chair of new national board that will grant accreditation to local, state and other health departments
Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield, director of the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research and the Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy at...
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St. Joseph Health System announces merger with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare
Rebuffed in its bid to take over Louisville’s University Hospital, Catholic Health Initatives announced today that its St. Joseph Health System had merged with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare,...
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Evidence grows of links between oral health and overall health
“The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the mouth provides an even better view of the body as a whole,” The Wall Street Journal‘s Melinda Beck writes...
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State health department starts new ad campaign against secondhand smoke, including three 15-second TV commercials
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is launching a new campaign to educate Kentuckians about the dangers of secondhand tobacco smoke and its potential effect. The campaign is funded by...
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Johnson County focus of C-J series on docs, prescription abuse
The second day of The Courier-Journal‘s investigation into prescription drug abuse and the role of doctors looks at Johnson County, ranked 11th in the state for drug overdose deaths despite...