Princess Health and Legislature passes bill on personal-care homes but stalls on one to regulate pill mills as doctors lobby hard.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Legislature passes bill on personal-care homes but stalls on one to regulate pill mills as doctors lobby hard.Princessiccia

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By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsThe effort to quash "pill mills" that feed one of...

Princess Health and 'Meds for meth' bill is about to become law despite heavy lobbying campaign by pharmaceutical companies.Princessiccia

Princess Health and 'Meds for meth' bill is about to become law despite heavy lobbying campaign by pharmaceutical companies.Princessiccia

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The bill to limit purchases of a popular cold medicine used to make methamphetamine...

Princess Health andHealth and Performance Shirts.Princessiccia

Princess Health andHealth and Performance Shirts.Princessiccia

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Health and Performance shirts are on their way! Limited (very limited) supply...

Princess Health and Makers of Sudafed, similar cold medicines again lead in legislative lobbying expenses, and that doesn't count their radio ad campaign.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Makers of Sudafed, similar cold medicines again lead in legislative lobbying expenses, and that doesn't count their radio ad campaign.Princessiccia

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The Consumer Healthcare Products Association, which is fighting legislation that...

Princess Health and Meds-for-meth, pain-pill bills each clear a second chamber; both probably headed to conference committee(s).Princessiccia

Princess Health and Meds-for-meth, pain-pill bills each clear a second chamber; both probably headed to conference committee(s).Princessiccia

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"State lawmakers gave new life Wednesday to two bills designed to tackle Kentucky's...

Princess Health andSPORTS TALK in NEW HAMBURG.Princessiccia

Princess Health andSPORTS TALK in NEW HAMBURG.Princessiccia

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Healthy Families, Healthy StudentsJoin us at Grandview PS (341 Huron Place) for...

Princess Health and Senate panel OKs pill-mill bill with provision moving prescription-monitoring system to attorney general's office.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Senate panel OKs pill-mill bill with provision moving prescription-monitoring system to attorney general's office.Princessiccia

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Over the objections of the Kentucky Medical Association, a Senate committee today...

Princess Health and State starting free training for dentists in pediatric dentistry.Princessiccia

Princess Health and State starting free training for dentists in pediatric dentistry.Princessiccia

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One of the many problems with Kentucky's oral health is that not enough dentists...

Princess Health and Obama finally embraces the Republican term 'Obamacare'.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Obama finally embraces the Republican term 'Obamacare'.Princessiccia

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�The Obama administration made a decision on Friday to own the term�ObamaCare�,�...

Princess Health and More foreign-born doctors practice in rural areas, come from poor nations; Kentucky is about average, West Virginia is high.Princessiccia

Princess Health and More foreign-born doctors practice in rural areas, come from poor nations; Kentucky is about average, West Virginia is high.Princessiccia

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More than 15 percent of physicians in the U.S. received training in lower-income...

Princess Health and Rural newspapers don't write a lot of health stories � but they should, expert says.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Rural newspapers don't write a lot of health stories � but they should, expert says.Princessiccia

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�If a newspaper can�t stand for better health and better health care, then what...

Princess Health and Rural newspapers have power to influence people's health, but few health articles are being published in Kentucky, study finds.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Rural newspapers have power to influence people's health, but few health articles are being published in Kentucky, study finds.Princessiccia

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By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health NewsThough studies suggest that newspapers can influence...

Princess Health and Book about Appalachian health reveals region and culture-specific issues for researchers, region's residents.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Book about Appalachian health reveals region and culture-specific issues for researchers, region's residents.Princessiccia

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Editors of a new book hope it will shed light on the health problems facing Appalachia...

Princess Health and Norton and UK HealthCare formalize the collaboration they announced almost a year and a half ago.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Norton and UK HealthCare formalize the collaboration they announced almost a year and a half ago.Princessiccia

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UK HealthCare and Norton Healthcare have formalized the collaboration they announced...

Princess Health and Conflicting interpretations abound regarding CBO's report about cost, coverage of Affordable Care Act.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Conflicting interpretations abound regarding CBO's report about cost, coverage of Affordable Care Act.Princessiccia

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By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health NewsSince the Congressional Budget Office released...

Princess Health and Affordable Care Act helping families, seniors in rural areas, agriculture secretary says on its second anniversary.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Affordable Care Act helping families, seniors in rural areas, agriculture secretary says on its second anniversary.Princessiccia

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is already making an impact, including...

Princess Health and Reform act good for kids, Kentucky Youth Advocates head says.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Reform act good for kids, Kentucky Youth Advocates head says.Princessiccia

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This week marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and debate about...

Princess Health and Knox County Hospital bounces employees' checks; blames old, bad debt and late Medicaid payments.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Knox County Hospital bounces employees' checks; blames old, bad debt and late Medicaid payments.Princessiccia

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Debt inherited from previous management and late Medicaid payments caused some Knox...

Princess Health and Legislation to fight pill mills will need to strike balance between law enforcement and medicine, panelists on TV show make clear.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Legislation to fight pill mills will need to strike balance between law enforcement and medicine, panelists on TV show make clear.Princessiccia

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By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health NewsThe legislation meant to crack down on so-called...

Princess Health and House panel OKs "meds for meth" bill; chair predicts passage.Princessiccia

Princess Health and House panel OKs "meds for meth" bill; chair predicts passage.Princessiccia

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The bill to limit purchases of the cold medicine used to make methamphetamine cleared...

Princess Health and Amid legislative action on 'Larry's Law,' report says mentally ill and intellectually disabled don't belong in personal-care homes.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Amid legislative action on 'Larry's Law,' report says mentally ill and intellectually disabled don't belong in personal-care homes.Princessiccia

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By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health NewsAs state legislators move to change the procedure...

Princess Health andNEW Learn to Run Group!.Princessiccia

Princess Health andNEW Learn to Run Group!.Princessiccia

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Health and Performance will be starting a new learn to run group APRIL 5th! ...

Princess Health and Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts.Princessiccia

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By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health NewsWith the downturn in the economy part of the...

Princess Health and How to help your child lose weight? Lose weight yourself.Princessiccia

Princess Health and How to help your child lose weight? Lose weight yourself.Princessiccia

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If parents want to help their children lose weight, they should lose weight themselves,...

Princess Health and A summary of what to expect when the Supreme Court hears arguments about the health-care reform law.Princessiccia

Princess Health and A summary of what to expect when the Supreme Court hears arguments about the health-care reform law.Princessiccia

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How big a deal will it be when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments about the...

Princess Health and Ky. recognized for high immunization rate; up 17% since 2007.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Ky. recognized for high immunization rate; up 17% since 2007.Princessiccia

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For having childhood vaccination rates considerably higher than the national average,...

Princess Health and Switch to managed care happened too fast with too little knowledge, former Medicaid commissioner says.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Switch to managed care happened too fast with too little knowledge, former Medicaid commissioner says.Princessiccia

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States like Kansas are looking at Kentucky as a precautionary tale for what not...

Princess Health and Beshear names Audrey Haynes secretary of embattled Cabinet for Health and Family Services.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Beshear names Audrey Haynes secretary of embattled Cabinet for Health and Family Services.Princessiccia

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Audrey Tayse Haynes, who is a social worker by training but knows her way around...

Princess Health and Board of Dentistry's relaxation of limits on hygienists is the latest sign of hope in Kentucky's all-too-grim story of oral health.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Board of Dentistry's relaxation of limits on hygienists is the latest sign of hope in Kentucky's all-too-grim story of oral health.Princessiccia

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By Al SmithKentucky Health NewsWith nearly a fourth of Kentucky�s 1 million children...