Author: Al Cross
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State medical board is soft on physicians, compared to other states and professions, and seems to be getting more lax
Though the state has a serious problem with abuse of prescription drugs, the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure has a history of being soft on physicians with problematic prescription pill-writing...
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Federal cuts, financial instability and competition leave many rural hospitals fearing the future
Many rural hospitals could be forced to close because of cuts to the Critical Access Program and the fact that, according to the National Rural Health Association, , 41 percent...
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Farmers work long past regular retirement age, and many doctors lack the knowledge to help keep them healthy
“Farmers’ stark commitment to work is borderline obsessive, and researchers are beginning to develop new guidelines to better understand farmers, whose strong cultural and emotional ties to the farm drive...
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Corbin City Commission enacts smoking ban
The Corbin City Commission passed an ordinance this week to ban smoking in all enclosed public areas and enclosed public buildings. The ordinance will also require smokers to remain at...
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‘Pill mills’ proliferating in Ky.; legislators plan countermeasures
Suspected “pill mills” that feed Kentucky’s “epidemic of prescription-drug abuse” have proliferated in the last two years, and “not just in Eastern Kentucky, where the problem was once most prominent,”...
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Center for Excellence in Rural Health marks 20th anniversary by adding new program in medical lab science
The University of Kentucky’s Center for Excellence in Rural Health celebrated its 20th anniversary this week and announced the addition of a new baccalaureate degree in medical laboratory science, which...
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Race for city commission seat puts an end to debate over city’s smoking ban, advocate and opponent agree
The Bowling Green City Commission candidate who said he wanted to rewrite the city’s smoking ban ran last in the five-way race for an unexpired term on the commission Tuesday,...
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Primary care and management of chronic diseases could soon be coming to your local Walmart store
Just weeks after announcing part-time employees would no longer receive health insurance benefits, Walmart said Monday it is planning to offer extended medical services in its stores, report NPR’s Julie...
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Thursday, Nov. 17, will be first National Rural Health Day
Nov. 17, 2011 will be the first annual National Rural Health Day sponsored by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. The goals of the event are to...
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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...