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The Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, MPH 100% tobacco, 3% strength, 5% JUUL pod, aerosol, aerosol cloud, aerosol exposure, alternative nicotine product, American journal, Ask young, benefit of e-cigarettes, cannabis, CDC website, cigarette, cigarette use, cigarette user, cigarettes.3, contain nicotine salt, conventional cigarette user, discrete aerosol cloud, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette product, e-cigarette user, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, electronic cigarette use, electronic hookah, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, fact healthcare provider, flavored product.2, Frankfort, free help, grade e-cigarette use, health promotion section, https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/., https://smokefree.gov/or, https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html, image001 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, image002 photo credit line, JUUL, JUUL pod, Kentucky, Kentucky incentive, Kentucky tobacco prevention, liquid contain nicotine, new generation of tobacco product, new pod-based product, nicotine, nicotine equivalent, nicotine product, nicotine salt, non-e-cigarette, old generation of e-cigarettes, package of cigarettes.3, photo credit line, pod, pod-based, pod-based device, pod-based product, pod-based system, prevention, prevention survey, product.2, risk of secondhand smoke, risk of tobacco use, secondhand aerosol exposure, Smok®, Suorin, surgeon general 's e-cigarette, teen, tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco use, US surgeon general, use e-cigarettes, users.4, users.5, users.5 e-cigarette aerosol, vape, vape pen, vapor product, worried parent, youth, youth tobacco use

FRANKFORT The US Surgeon General has declared electronic cigarette use an epidemic among youth because of an unprecedented rise in

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Special Section 

Full Service from the Neck Up

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Donna Ison advancement, Ahn, aid fit, allergy, apnea, biotechnology information point, central Kentucky multiple survey, Chadwick Ahn, chronic ear, comprehensive otolaryngologic care, ear, ENT, ENT center, ENT residency, ENT specialist, ENT specialist partner, Frankfort, Frankfort regional medical center, full-service, Georgetown community hospital, Gil Dunn Chadwick Ahn, Gil Dunn Jessica Lange, Gil Dunn Robert Wilson, Gil Dunn Ron Shashy, group treat patient, hear aid fit, hear evaluation, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, impact first-hand, in-office, infection, Joseph east, Kentucky, Kentucky 's high rate, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health system, known service, KY image003, KY image003 photo, Lange, large risk factor, lesion, Louisville undergraduate, medicine, multitude of issue, nasal problem, nose, otolaryngologic, otolaryngologic care, partner, photo, physician, prevalent complaint, residency, risk factor, Rob Wilson, Ron Shashy, senior partner, senior partner of ENT specialist, Shashy, sinus, skin lesion removal, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, specialist, throat, throat condition, throat specialist, UK college of medicine, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville undergraduate, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, vast spectrum of treatment, west Virginia school of medicine, Wilson

CENTRAL KENTUCKY Multiple surveys have declared that Central Kentucky is one of the worst areas for allergies in the United

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Advocacy Health Education & Advocacy 

The Future of Medical Cannabis in Kentucky

May 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Don Stacy, MD Alison Lundergan, Alison Lundergan grime, bill, cannabis, cannabis act, cannabis advocate, cannabis bill, cannabis issue, cannabis legislation, cannabis movement, co-sponsored, commonwealth, commonwealth of Kentucky, comprehensive medical cannabis bill, D-70, Dan Seum, final vote, forefront of the business of the Kentucky Senate, Frankfort, future of medical cannabis, HB 166, house judiciary committee, innovative medicine, introduction of HB 166, Jason Nemes, John Sims, judiciary, judiciary committee member, Kentucky, Kentucky 's medical community, legalization, legalization of medical cannabis, legislation, legislative regular session, legislator, lrc.ky.gov, lrc.ky.gov website, medical administrator, medical cannabis act, medical cannabis advocate, medical cannabis issue, member of Kentucky 's medical community, modern history of the Kentucky legislature, multiple democrat, ongoing budget, passionate cannabis movement, R-33, representative Jason Nemes, representative John Sims, representative Sims, SB 80, senator majority caucus chair, specific detail of the bill, supporter of the act, task force, third-party observer

FRANKFORT Though a comprehensive medical cannabis bill was not passed in the 2018 legislative regular session, the passionate cannabis movement

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Advocacy 

Tort Reform and Administrative Simplification Remain KMA Priorities

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Emily Schott administrative burden, administrative improvement, administrative simplification, advocacy, advocacy effort, advocacy priority, assembly 's emphasis, association 's main objective, barrier, Bill 4, Bill 69, brought dozen, brought dozen of physician, burnout, charged topic, consistent legal climate, drug abuse, efficient health care, Frankfort, good care, great patient safety, health of Kentuckian, healthcare, healthcare discussion, high smoke rate, image001 Emily Schott, image001 Emily Schott serve, impact of the physician presence, initiative, introduction of Senate, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky general assembly 's emphasis, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky physician, KMA, KMA priority, launch of a new initiative, legislative session, liability system, meaningful exchange, meaningful exchange of dialogue, medical review panel, medicine, new initiative, obesity, opioid abuse epidemic, physician, physician 's day, physician presence, practice efficiency, practice of medicine, practice staff, priority, priority bill, provider, public health challenge, quality control mechanism, resource perform nonclinical activity, Senate Bill 79, session, state 's legal liability system, suggest improvement, timely care, tort, tort reform central, trusted resource, unlimited risk, unnecessary barrier, well-known provider shortage

LOUISVILLE Despite the Kentucky General Assembly’s emphasis on politically charged topics such as the budget and pension reform, it is

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Cancer Care Headlines Oncology 

Kentucky Fights Tobacco on the Grassroots Level and Beyond

March 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Melissa Zoeller 1-800-QUIT, 1-800-QUIT-NOW Quitline, address tobacco use, Anderson-Hoagland, Bobbye Gray, cancer, cessation, cessation program, chfs.ky.gov/dph, designated smoke coach, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, family service, Frankfort, FRANKFORT tobacco, free nicotine replacement therapy, Gray, Gray 's primary goal, health 's tobacco, help tobacco user, hp/tobacco.htm, initiation of tobacco use, interpret firm, Kentucky, Kentucky cabinet, Kentucky cancer program, Kentucky fight tobacco, Kentucky smoke, large producer of tobacco, LGBT, LGBT patient, mch, policy analyst, pregnant woman, prevent initiation, prevention, promote quit, provider, public health 's tobacco, quit, quit line, quit plan, secondhand smoke, smoke, smoker, spread of tobacco, state tobacco cessation administrator, tobacco, tobacco cessation, tobacco prevention, tobacco use, tobacco user, tobacco-related disparity, youth

FRANKFORT Tobacco and Kentucky have always been synonymous, and the effects have been long-standing and far-reaching. Each year, more than

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Complementary Care Psychiatry Psychiatry & Mental Health Uncategorized 

Intellectual Property

December 1, 2015July 27, 2017 Jim Kelsey academic student, adult dependent, banker, Barry banker, board school, campus 's medical director, care situation, central Kentucky community, CEO of the Stewart home, clinic, connectivity, current resident population, D., director of the Stewart home, disability, Dr. Stewart, educational aspect of the school, environment of peer, environment of Peers, Frankfort, FRANKFORT imagine, future of Stewart home, generation of Stewarts, generational transfer, Gil Dunn image002, Gil Dunn image002 photo, Gil Dunn John, Gil Dunn John D., Gil Dunn Sandy Bell, group home, group home model, hear pathologist, image001 photo, image003 photo, intellectual disability, intellectual property, John D., Kentucky, Ky. Dr. John Quincy Adams Stewart, LIFE-LONG, LIFE-LONG experience, long-term care situation, much-needed answer, neurology visit, new gym floor, philosophy of the Stewart home, photo, planned new construction, portrait of school founder, pre-academic, pre-academic computer lab, pre-academic space, region wonder, renovation of the pre-academic space, resident of the Stewart home, Sandy Bell, school 's big hurdle, school provide much-needed answer, school rest, small college, Stewart, Stewart 's brother-in-law, Stewart home, top board school, underappreciated need, vision of a board school, widespread solution, widespread solution of choice

FRANKFORT Imagine you have an adult child with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, or another intellectual disability. Federal mandates ensure

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Headlines 

Health Care Issues for the 2014 Legislative Session [Part 1]

October 1, 2013 Susan Westrom ARNP, ARNPs, bill, bill number, Care issue, chemo therapy, constituent doctor, doctor, drug enforcement regulation, drug promoter, economic toll, employee health care cost, enclosed workplace, filed legislation, flu season, Frankfort, healthcare reform act, healthy workforce, independent ARNPs, individual bill, Kentucky, Kentucky capital, Kentucky medical association, KMA, legislation, legislative language, legislator, legislator will, life-changing influence, mandatory collaborative agreement, mandatory supervision, mandatory supervision of independent ARNPs, marijuana, medical community, medical front, medical marijuana, medical record implementation, needed floor vote, ongoing critical legislative topic, out-of-state business, outcome of filed legislation, patient will, pharmaceutical community, professional turf issue, pulmonologists, record implementation, registered nurse practitioner, secondhand smoke, secondhand smoke story, sided debate, smoke, smoke story, smoke-free, Smoke-Free Kentucky, smoke-free law, smoke-free legislation, support of Smoke-Free Kentucky, topic, topic of medical marijuana, turf issue, vetted scientific information

I suspect my friends in the medical community will be doing all they can to survive the Healthcare Reform Act,

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Cover Story 

A Mission of Compassion & Equality

May 1, 2013March 22, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton A., ablation, anticipation of Roberts 's departure, baby, bluegrass, Care, Care center, care of patient, Care of the bluegrass, central Kentucky, cervical cancer, cervix, compassionate care, complete residency, cost save, daVinci, Diabetes & Endocrinology, doctor, E., eastern Kentucky, equal call, equal time, faith, family practice physician, Farley, FCOTB, found principle, found principle of the obstetrics, Frank Donald Farley, Frankfort, Frankfort regional medical center, GYN, gynecology, gynecology practice, gynecology practice of woman 's care of the bluegrass, Hess, horn, hysterectomy, in-office, incision, incontinence, insurance, invasive surgery, J., K., Kentucky, laparoscopic, laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Louisville, Medicaid, medical practice, medicine, midwife, midwifery, midwifery service, Millimeter, mission of compassion, new provider, NICU, nurse, OB, obstetrics, Owenton, partner E. J. horn, payer, payer mix, pediatrician, physician, physician of WOMEN’S Care, port site, practice philosophy, pre-cancer, Prestonsburg, primary care center, procedure, provider, residency, Roberts, Roberts 's departure, Saxena, specialty, Stephen K. hall, sterilization, Steve Roberts, supracervical, surgery, take care, treatment of pre-cancer, UK college of medicine, Versailles, W., Wainwright, WCOTB, WCOTB 's patient, woman 's care, woman 's care of eastern Kentucky, woman 's care of the bluegrass, WOMEN’S Care

FRANKFORT These days, the characteristics that come to mind when setting up a medical practice are probably: profitability, stability, employment

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Special Section 

Midwifery in Central Kentucky

May 1, 2013 Emily Dial, APRN, CNM additional CNMs, Amanda Hess, Angela Saxena, bluegrass, care component, care of the patient, central Kentucky, certified nurse midwife, CNM, CNMs, counsel woman, E.J. horn, entire generation of family, entire life, favored trait, fetal complication, Frankfort, gynecological care, healthcare, healthcare provider, heart of the bluegrass region, high quality of care, integral care component, Katie Isaac, Kendra Adkisson, Kentucky, Lamaze breathe, low risk client population, Mark Wainwright, midwife, midwifery, multitude of difference, national healthcare reform, normal pregnancy, nurse, nurse midwife, physician, preceptor, pregnancy, pregnancy course, provider, reward aspect, risk client population, robust educational resource, routine gynecological care, small town of Lawrenceburg, sole decision maker, Steve hall, valued option, woman 's care, woman 's care of the bluegrass

Midwifery is often considered by some as an art rather than a profession. Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) offer services to

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Special Section 

Genetic Testing: Tailored Medicine for Pain Patients

April 1, 2013 Gil Dunn 450, cheek, cheek swab, commonwealth pain specialist, CYP, depression, dosage, drug selection, effectiveness of medication, employ genetic test, evidence-based, Frankfort, FRANKFORT genetics-based, Frankfort pain specialist, gene, genetic test, genetic variation, genetics, genetics of pain, genetics-based, interpretive report, lab, lab result, Lingreen, medical breakthrough, medication, medicine, optimal treatment path, pain, pain clinic, pain leave physician, patient 's cheek, personalized medicine, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogentic, physician, raw genetic data, receptor, regulatory problem, Richard Lingreen, seek drug, simple cheek swab, simple swab, simple swab of the patient 's cheek, subjective nature of pain leave physician, swab, tailored medicine, tailored pain medicine, treatment of pain, treatment path, variation

FRANKFORT Genetics-based Personalized Medicine has long been the medicine of the future – looming forever, it seems, one medical breakthrough

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