Author: amy_wilson
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Study: Small business owners see bottom-line benefit from employee health and wellness programs
A study of small businesses has found that three out of four offering health and wellness programs to their employees believe the initiatives are good for their bottom line. The...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky looking for grant applications for programs that cut chronic disease risk for school-age kids
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is looking for applications for grants that will fund innovative programs to reduce chronic disease risk for school-aged children. Because chronic disease occurs at...
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Do Kentucky families care about obesity? Louisville newspaper blog says yes; now comes the hard part
In The Prime, The Courier-Journal‘s collection of news, features, videos and blogs “that help you thrive as you age” has taken on a new crusade: obesity. It’s a brave initiative...
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Obesity is a dirty word: Study looks at what works in anti-obesity campaigns, and it’s not telling people they’re fat
What about those anti-obesity ads? Is anyone listening? If so, is anyone motivated to do better? Might they be offensive to some? Educational? Helpful? Are they working at all? More...
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UK researcher part of team that has identified Usher Syndrome gene, responsible for genetic loss of sight and hearing in babies
A University of Kentucky physiologist has teamed with researchers from several institutions to report a novel type of gene associated with Usher Syndrome, a hereditary disease that causes individuals to...
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Mayfield named state’s top doctor, as head of health department
Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Dr. Stephanie Mayfield has been appointed as the commissioner for the state Department for Public Health, making her the first woman and first African American to hold the...
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Obesity alert study: Portion size labels can be deliberately confusing and consumers are easily, even willingly, fooled
Yikes! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the “large” soda you order today is about six times as large as the one you ordered 60 years ago....
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Tenn. study suggests rural residents have as much access to care as anyone, if they’re insured and don’t mind the drive
A health-care study in Tennessee, which started with the premise that people in rural areas have less access to care than urban dwellers, ended with a rather surprising conclusion: They...
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Kentucky doctor honored for her work in bolstering health and preventing deaths of babies born a few weeks early
A Kentucky neonatalogist was honored this week for giving the state “a role in catalyzing a national movement around healthier babies.” Ruth Ann Shepherd, M.D., division director for maternal and...
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Kentucky has the nation’s third highest rate of cardiac disease. Learn more, Sept. 29 is World Heart Day
September 29 is World Heart Day, and, according to the most recent edition of the United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings, Kentucky has the third highest percentage of adults with...