Author: amy_wilson
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Kentucky’s week-long brand of flu now called ‘widespread’
What started out early is now full-blown. The Kentucky Department for Public Health informed federal health authorities this week that data it has received from local health departments, hospitals, clinics...
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Health care decisions by and for Medicare patients differ widely by place; Lexington big in back surgery, low in mastectomy
All medicine involves decisions and, according to a new series of nine reports published by the Dartmouth Atlas Project, those decisions differ drastically by location for Medicare patients. In the...
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Military culling overweight and obese troops; Ky. recruitment drops
Between 1998 and 2010, CNN reports, the number of active-duty military personnel deemed overweight or obese more than tripled. In 2010, 5.3 percent of the force — or 86,186 troops...
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Republican legislators keep hammering state officials and managed-care companies about Medicaid payment delays
Republican lawmakers reitarated this week that the companies managing Medcaid in Kentucky are still not paying health providers promptly. According to Sen. Joe Bowen, R-Owensboro, in the year since the...
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Dollar General to sell tobacco in most of its stores by mid-2013, reflecting ‘customer demand’ and ‘competition pressure’
By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General‘s 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has made the decision in response to “competitive pressures”...
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Annual health ratings of states still puts Kentucky 44th
Kentucky ranks 44th among the 50 states in overall health in United Health Foundation‘s America’s Health Rankings. Darla Carter of The Courier-Journal reports that while this is the same rating...
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Children with TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to have extra fat, three times greater risk of heart disease and diabetes
Kids who have TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to be fat and nearly three times as likely to be at risk for heart disease and diabetes as...
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Colorful fruits and vegetables linked to lower breast cancer risk
Come to find out, pink isn’t the most important color when it comes to breast cancer. According to researchers in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, women loading up...
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UK team gets $1.5 million NIH grant to continue success with cell-level study of Alzheimer’s disease factor
University of Kentucky researchers have provided the first direct evidence that activated astrocytes could play a harmful role in Alzheimer’s disease. A UK news release explains, “The astrocyte is a...
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Hey, fans! Lower your voice and protect your ears; your hearing might be at stake
Ray Hull (Wichita State Univ. photo) December is the cruelest month, basketball fans — in more ways than one. Witness this news out of Kansas. Yes, Kansas: Loud basketball games...