Author: Melissa Patrick
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Community Leadership Institute of Ky. is taking applications for its 2015 class; provides training and resources for health projects
The Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky, which provides research and leadership training, funding, and technical support for health-related research projects, is accepting applications for its 2015 class. In its second...
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Health insurance co-op lost $50.4 million, most in U.S.; officials blame high enrollment, big claims; say it will stay solvent
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A federal audit of the non-profit health insurance companies formed under federal health reform found that at the end of 2014, all but one...
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Consumer Reports releases annual hospital-acquired infection report; some Ky. hospitals have work to do; state to get data
A new study from Consumer Reports has analyzed hospital-acquired infection data for thousands of hospitals across the U.S. and rated them on how well they prevented these infections. Not all...
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Lincoln County set to lose four school nurses if alternate funding or new partnerships are not found
UPDATE, Aug. 11: The school board made up part of the health department’s budget cut, allowing it to keep seven nurses, “but not before a lengthy discussion which included talk...
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Year of perseverance pays off for advocates of school tobacco ban in a county where raising tobacco was long a way of life
Clinton County in red (Wikipedia map) A year of perseverance, education and community input by the local and district health departments paid off as the Clinton County Board of Education...
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Americans are eating fewer calories, but need to cut back more if they want to combat the obesity epidemic
Americans are eating fewer calories for the first time since the government began keeping track, more than 40 years ago. While that’s a step in the right direction, one researcher...
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Fewer Ky. teens are having sex, and more teens are using birth control when they do; teen birth rates are at an all-time low
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer teens are having sex now than did in the last generation, and of those that do, more are using some form of birth-control,...
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Second annual “Hepatitis Conference: The Silent Epidemic in Kentucky” to be held Tuesday, July 28 in Lexington
The second annual “Hepatitis Conference: The Silent Epidemic in Kentucky” will be held Tuesday, July 28, the same day as World Hepatitis Day, at the Embassy Suites, in Lexington. The...
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Online database lets you check on your surgeon; some surgeons say methodology used in analysis of data isn’t adequate
A new online database is available to help consumers choose a surgeon, but surgeons are pushing back and asking for a peer-reviewed study of the data. The searchable database, “Surgeon...
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More overweight teens don’t consider themselves fat; the problem is that they compare themselves to those around them
Another study has found that overweight teens in the U.S. don’t realize they are overweight, and this lack of self-awareness has gotten worse in the past decade, Roberto A. Ferdman...