Princess Health and Kentucky's well-being ranks next to last, just above West Virginia.Princessiccia health rankings health status physical activity poll Gusty 18:37 Add Comment Kentucky ranks next to last in the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being index, just...
Princess Health and Health departments in N. Ky. and Franklin County are among the first 11 in the nation to be accredited, a milestone in public health .Princessiccia county health departments health care health departments public health Gusty 16:06 Add Comment Three Kentucky departments are among the first 11 in the nation to receive...
Princess Health and House sends Senate pill-mill and Medicaid managed-care fixes.Princessiccia doctor shopping legislation legislature managed care Medicaid pain management pill mills prescription drug abuse prescription drugs state government; General Assembly Gusty 10:38 Add Comment The state House yesterday approved without dissent two bills aimed at improving...
Princess Health and Lack of statewide smoking ban represents one part of Kentucky's struggle to deal with tobacco use and the health issues it creates.Princessiccia health rankings legislation legislature smoking smoking ban smoking bans state government; General Assembly tobacco tobacco prevention Gusty 09:24 Add Comment By Molly BurchettKentucky Health NewsAs the bill for a statewide smoking ban lies...
Princess Health and 'Incredible Colon' to march across the state in Colon Cancer Awareness Month; more than a dozen stops scheduled.Princessiccia cancer cancer screening colorectal cancer prevention Gusty 07:00 Add Comment A special tour throughout the state of the Incredible Colon � an inflatable model...
Princess Health and Your Brain on Potato Chips. Princessiccia Food reward Gusty 19:00 Add Comment Or, more accurately, a rat's brain on potato chips. Last week, PLoS One published...
Princess Health and Take care with a big cold-weather killer, the space heater.Princessiccia safety Gusty 12:01 Add Comment Warm weather isn't far away, but winter remains, and precautions should be taken...
Princess Health and Bill for statewide smoking ban appears to have been extinguished.Princessiccia General Assembly legislation legislature smoking ban state government tobacco prevention Gusty 15:20 Add Comment The bill to enact a statewide smoking ban in Kentucky appears to be dead for this...
Princess Health and House panel approves bill easing rules of 2012's pill-mill bill.Princessiccia doctor shopping drug abuse drugs General Assembly KASPER legislation legislature pain clinics pill mills prescription drug abuse prescription drugs state government Gusty 13:04 Add Comment They could call it the pill they're taking to fix the pill-mill bill.A state House...
Princess Health and Bill to make Medicaid managed-care firms pay up, and more promptly, nears final form in House and will get attention in Senate.Princessiccia health policy legislation legislature managed care Medicaid state government; General Assembly Gusty 06:44 Add Comment By Molly Burchett and Al CrossKentucky Health NewsThe complaints by many health-care...
Princess Health and Survey suggests Great Recession has harmed the health of Kentuckians.Princessiccia economy Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky health status income poll poverty recession rural health Gusty 06:12 Add Comment A recent poll shows continuation of a trend threatening Kentucky's overall health:...
Princess Health andH+P at the 2013 Re-Fridgee-Eighter.Princessiccia Gusty 21:04 Add Comment The team had a great time at the 2013 Waterloo Running Series Re-Fridgee-8er!Here...
Princess Health and Salt Sugar Fat. Princessiccia Food reward Gusty 19:00 Add Comment I'd just like to put in a quick word for a book that will be released tomorrow,...
Princess Health and Exercise And Water Intake. Princessiccia Gusty 15:28 Add Comment How does water intake affect your health and fitness goals? Why to drink plenty...
Princess Health and Essential-benefits rule expands mental-health and substance-abuse coverage; Ky. needs more facilities to treat newly eligible.Princessiccia Affordable Care Act health care law health insurance insurance insurance exchange KCHIP mental health mental illness Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act substance abuse Gusty 12:02 Add Comment The Department of Health and Human Services has defined the 10 "essential health...
Princess Health and Medicaid expansion brings primary care access to the forefront.Princessiccia Affordable Care Act health care health care access health care law Medicaid Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act primary care state government Gusty 08:00 Add Comment The federal health reform law will usher at least seven million more Americans into...
Princess Health and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky gives UK $1 million for endowed co-chairs in rural health policy.Princessiccia Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky health policy public health rural health University of Kentucky Gusty 06:16 Add Comment Tyrone "Ty" Borders in the University of Kentucky College of Public Health's Department...
Princess Health and If Republican governors are agreeing to expand Medicaid after lobbying by hospitals, can Beshear be far behind?.Princessiccia Affordable Care Act federal spending General Assembly health care access health insurance health reform hospitals legislature Medicaid politics state budget state governments Gusty 07:29 Add Comment By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsFlorida Gov. Rick Scott's surprising announcement...
Princess Health and Food Reward Friday. Princessiccia Food reward Food reward Fridays Gusty 03:00 Add Comment This week, Food Reward Friday is going to be a little bit different. I've received...
Princess Health and Deaths by overdose, mainly of prescription drugs, hit a new record in U.S. in 2011; a huge problem in Kentucky.Princessiccia drug abuse Oxycontin prescription drug abuse prescription drugs Gusty 09:30 Add Comment Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. rose for the 11th straight year and accidental...
Princess Health and Body Fatness and Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Princessiccia cardiovascular disease overweight Gusty 19:00 Add Comment I recently revisited a really cool paper published in the Lancet in 2009 on body...
Princess Health and Three Kentucky health departments in first group up for national accreditation; requires local health assessment, improvement plan.Princessiccia Cabinet for Health and Family Services county health boards county health departments health departments health policy public health Gusty 14:41 Add Comment By Molly BurchettKentucky Health NewsThree Kentucky health departments are among...
Princess Health and Poll finds four out of five Kentuckians are comfortable seeing a nurse practitioner or physician assistant for routine care.Princessiccia dental care dental health Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky nurse practitioners physician assistants poll Gusty 14:06 Add Comment New poll figures indicate the majority of Kentuckians are comfortable seeing a nurse...
Princess Health and Bill to shield nursing homes from lawsuits clears Senate along party lines; not looking healthy in House despite TV, radio ads.Princessiccia advertising health journalism health policy legislation legislature lobbying long-term care newspapers nursing homes politics state government; General Assembly tort reform Gusty 13:52 Add Comment Last week the state Senate approved on party lines a bill that would make...
Princess Health and Medically unnecessary procedures are part of culture of disability in Eastern Kentucky, professor writes.Princessiccia disabilities health policy heart disease hospitals rural health Gusty 06:05 Add Comment St. Joseph London Hospital is taking heat over accusations of performing medically...
Princess Health and How To Beat Those Bingo Wings?. Princessiccia Gusty 14:13 Add Comment Bingo wings - who doesn't hate them? Most women would agree that the dangling fat...