In 11-1 vote, Somerset passes comprehensive smoking ban
Lighting up in Somerset, once a big tobacco town, will no longer be allowed in all enclosed public places. The city council voted 11-1 Monday evening to pass a smoking-ban...
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Lighting up in Somerset, once a big tobacco town, will no longer be allowed in all enclosed public places. The city council voted 11-1 Monday evening to pass a smoking-ban...
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...
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...
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...
Since they were not given the opportunity to speak at last week’s legislative hearing about a move to make pseudoephedrine available mainly by prescription, opponents held a teleconference yesterday to...
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A bill is likely to be filed in the General Assembly that will require drug prescribers to have an account with the state’s drug...
Though Gov. Steve Beshear recommended harsh, nearly across-the-board cuts in his state budget proposal yesterday, some areas relating to health were exempt. Though the budget for Cabinet for Health and...
The Kentucky Regional Extension Center has helped more than 1,000 health care providers transition to electronic health records, with specialists advising providers so they can meet the federal standards of...
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Kentuckians binge drink an average of about six times per month, more often than people living in any other state, a report by the...
Every $1 spent on smoking cessation in Massachusetts, saved $3 in health costs, a study of low-income Bay State residents found. That could bode well for the impact of a...