Month: August 2011
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Drug abuse, obesity are top two concerns for children’s health, poll finds
Childhood obesity and drug abuse are the top two worries for children. Those were the results of a University of Michigan poll that asked people to rate 23 different health...
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Council asks move to managed care be delayed 90 days
The massive switch to managed care organizations for Kentucky’s Medicaid program, pushed by Gov. Steve Beshear, isn’t in the bag yet. The Advisory Council for Medical Assistance, which advises officials...
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Non-profit encourages districts to go tobacco free inside and outside of schools
In an op-ed piece in the Lexington Herald-Leader, Susan Zepeda, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, encourages school districts to adopt comprehensive tobacco-free policies. “Many believe...
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Conference for Kentuckians who get, give health care Aug. 24
A gathering intended to bring Kentuckians together who get care, give care, purchase care and pay for care will be Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the Capital Plaza in Frankfort. The...
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Kentucky Rural Health Assn. gives first newspaper writing awards; Kentucky Health News writer wins for previous work
Tara Kaprowy, the chief writer for Kentucky Health News, won one of the first awards given by the Kentucky Rural Health Association for newspaper writing. Kaprowy won the prise for...
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Following advice to eat healthy is too expensive for many
Though the Department of Agriculture has recommended that most of a dinner plate should be filled with foods rich in potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium, a new study...
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Kentucky and Ohio are now exchanging prescription data, but system needs more use by health-care providers and police
Kentucky and Ohio are now automatically exchanging data on prescription drugs, with a new electronic network called the Prescription Monitoring Information Exchange. PMIX links the Kentucky All- Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting...
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Louisville vascular surgeon provides ‘hands on’ support for troops
Dr. Andrea Yancey, a vascular surgeon from Louisville, has completed two weeks of volunteer service treating wounded American soldiers transported from Afghanistan and Iraq to the U.S. Army’s Landstuhl Regional...
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Kentuckians gather to support breastfeeding; part of world event
Kentuckians gathered in several places Saturday to show their support of breast feeding. Events were held in Ashland, Edgewood, Lexington, Louisville, Nicholasville, Owensboro and Paducah as a part of the...