Beshear signs first bill of session; optometrists will benefit
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed legislation that will significantly increase the scope of care optometrists can provide, making it the first bill to become law in this session of the...
Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Ky. officials ramp up criticism of plan to cancel Florida drug monitoring; U.S. drug czar says Fla. governor may lack facts
Kentucky officials continue to rail against Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to cancel his state’s prescription-drug monitoring program, a move they argue would keep the pipeline open for Kentucky dealers who...
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Most Kentuckians say they don’t understand health-reform law
Though parts of the new national health-care law have started to take effect, three out of four Kentucky adults say they don’t understand how the new policies will affect them,...
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Kentucky teens under 18 among least likely to drink alcohol, but binge drinking among them is nearly the national average
About 6 percent (709,000 of 12 million) of U.S. children aged 12 to 14 drank alcohol in 2009, and nearly half got their drinks from their own home, according to...
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Longtime legislator gets national award for helping mentally ill
State Rep. Jimmie Lee of Elizabethtown, left, today received the national Jacob K. Javits Award, an honor given to legislators who advocate for mental health services. “It just blows my...
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Sponsor of meds-for-meth bill now willing to accept compromise excluding gel capsules and liquids
Legislators wanting to pass a bill that would make the key component to make methamphetamine available only by prescription are now willing to make a concession that they would not...
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Humana reinvents itself again, to adapt to U.S. health-care reform
Humana, Kentucky’s largest corporation, says it is reinventing itself in the wake of the federal health reform law, focusing on becoming a “well-being” company rather than just a provider of...
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Smoking ban up for discussion, not a vote, in Jessamine County Tuesday; bars would be exempt, unlike in Fayette
UPDATE, Feb. 27: “Each branch of government will have the option of adopting or rejecting the ordinance as it stands. Each body will essentially adopt the same ordinance but has...
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Three Ky. physicians and one nurse practitioner investigated for high numbers of prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs
State and federal officials are investigating three Kentucky doctors and one nurse practitioner because of the unusually high amounts of antipsychotic drug prescriptions they write for Medicaid patients. In 2008...
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Kentucky’s rates of leisure-time physical activity are among the lowest in the nation; Carter and Pike counties may be the worst
In three-fourths of Kentucky’s counties, more than 30 percent of adults say they get no physical activity in their leisure time, according to new survey data from the Centers for...