Author: Melissa Patrick
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Several Kentucky schools start school year with new programs to get their students moving, to improve both learning and health
As the new school year begins, several Kentucky schools are working to increase student movement, with one elementary school in Louisville investing in a programs to increase student movement in...
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Nursing-home rating tool has added 5 new quality measures; here are tips for choosing a facility, and Kentucky’s worst-rated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Choosing a nursing home is a daunting task and often done in the middle of a crisis, but it doesn’t have to be if...
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Pharmacy benefit managers secretly decide which prescription drugs are covered or not, critics call for more transparency
lexisnexis.com Every year, pharmacy benefit managers in the United States decide which prescription drugs are excluded from health insurance plans, and this list is determined by a secret board of...
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Report finds foundation initiative to help seven Ky. communities grow healthy children is making progress, with goal of replication
The seven local coalitions that got Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky grants to keep children from developing chronic diseases as they grow into adults are making “marked progress” toward their goals, according...
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Fewer than 1/3 of Ky. schools have comprehensive tobacco-free policies, covering fewer than 1/2 of students; 85% of adults favor
Though an overwhelming majority of Kentucky adults say they want schools to be tobacco-free, fewer than half of the state’s students and less than one-third of its school districts are...
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Woodford County explores a syringe exchange; county attorney says local heroin problem is ‘only going to get worse’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News VERSAILLES — The Woodford County Board of Health is educating itself about syringe-exchange programs, with plans to begin the process of creating a plan for...
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Philosophical divide evident at Medicaid oversight meeting; Bevin officials say revised plan will be sent to feds ‘shortly’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Gov. Matt Bevin prepared to ask federal officials to let him change the state’s Medicaid program, a discussion at a legislative committee meeting...
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Public health researchers and geologists combine research to create radon risk potential maps for state and 15 Ky. counties
University of Kentucky health researchers and geologists combined their research on radon and created a map that shows which parts of Kentucky have the highest risk of radon exposure, and...
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Kentucky leads the nation in cancer deaths, but falls short on policies to prevent cancer, especially when it comes to tobacco
Kentucky ranks first in deaths from cancer and has for several years, but falls short in its fight against cancer when it comes to supporting policies and passing legislation to...
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Tips to keep off that ‘Freshman 15’ when going to college
kidshealth.org While most college freshmen don’t gain the fabled “Freshman 15,” they do gain an average of about 7 pounds their first year, and then continue gaining gradually throughout their...