Month: May 2015
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Paducah Sun looks at two local doctors who write many prescriptions for painkillers; such local data are easily available
The Paducah Sun has used some easily available information about two local doctors to shine a local light on their heavy prescribing of opioids. The story by Laurel Black begins,...
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Herald-Leader reporter wins Nieman fellowship to study at Harvard; her goal is to help other papers cover Obamacare
Photo by Pablo Alcala,Lexington Herald-Leader Mary Meehan, a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been selected for the 2016 class of Nieman fellows at Harvard University. She is one of...
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Kentucky’s seniors rank 48th in insurance firm’s health rankings
Click here to go to interactive map. Kentucky seniors ranked in the bottom 10 states for 23 of the 35 measures ranked by the 2015 America’s Health Ranking Seniors Report,...
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University of Kentucky rural health expert, Ty Borders, appointed to national advisory committee on rural health
University of Kentucky College of Public Health Professor Ty Borders was recently appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. Ty Borders This committee is part of...
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Feeling exhausted and not sure why? Ask your health-care provider to check your vitamin B12
Some doctors are adding a vitamin B check to their standard “baseline” workup, especially vitamin B12, the one most commonly deficient, Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy reports for Newport Natural Health. “By some...
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In-school health clinics not only meet the health-care needs of students and staff, but also their families
School-based health clinics in Kentucky could become a trend, especially as the state searches for solutions to meet the health care needs of schools as budgets for school nurses continue...
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Free overdose-reversal kits are given to Kentucky hospitals with the highest recent rates of heroin-overdose deaths
Kentucky hospitals with the highest rates of heroin overdose deaths are receiving funding for heroin/opiate overdose reversal kits, which will be provided free of charge to every treated and discharged...
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Clay County 4th and 5th graders participate in UK research of circadian rhythms and obesity, little studied in children
The University of Kentucky recently partnered with over 100 fourth and fifth grade students in two Clay County schools to study the relationship between circadian rhythms and weight in children....
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Use of walking aids is increasing as population ages; study debunks notion that using them makes falls more likely
In the last 10 years, the use of walking aids—such as canes, wheelchairs and scooters—has increased by half, and is expected to grow as the number of seniors doubles in...
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Health care professionals strongly endorse new federal dietary guidelines, which say to eat less red and processed meat
A group of 700 physicians and other health care professionals sent a letter of strong endorsement to the secretaries of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services...