Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Ashland teachers will incorporate physical activity into lessons
Teachers from Ashland Independent Schools attended a Take 10 workshop to learn how to incorporate physical activity into the classroom, Adam Black reports for The Independent: “The program, which has been provided . ....
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UK doctors use remote ultrasound program to care for at-risk expectant mothers in rural areas
Sonographer Laura Bates moved a camera in Manchesterwhile a doctor at UK talked with patient Mary Sizemore.(Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Andrea Noell) “Care often is best delivered close to home,” Dr. John O’Brien,...
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Patient portals at Leitchfield hospital are breached in cyber attack; officials say it did not involve any data in state system
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center‘s patient portals were the target of a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year, which may have breached protected patient...
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Kentucky’s uninsured rate continues to drop; now 9 percent
The share of Kentuckians who have no health coverage has dropped to 9 percent, according to the latest data from The Gallup Organization. That makes Kentucky second, following Arkansas, among...
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New combination vaccine for children, researched at U of L, could reduce number of children’s shots if approved by FDA
A new combination vaccine, awaiting its approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration, may reduce the number injections a child in the U.S. must get in order to be...
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Lawmakers and health officials meet to discuss increased use of heroin during pregnancy and thus, more addicted babies
Health officials and lawmakers met at the University of Kentucky Hospital Aug. 10 to discuss the increasing use of heroin among pregnant women and how this has caused a huge...
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Legislators wary of commenting on study that says Medicaid expansion will pay for itself by creating jobs and tax revenue
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky legislators reflected mainly partisan attitudes about the state’s implementation of federal health reform in a statewide call-in interview show about the state budget...
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Opioid overdose deaths remain a huge concern in poverty-stricken Eastern Kentucky counties; Boston Globe takes note
Drug overdoses from opioid use remain a concern in Eastern Kentucky, especially in poverty-stricken regions where coal mines have shuttered, Brian MacQaurrie reports for The Boston Globe. In 2014 Kentucky...
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Republicans call for de-funding Planned Parenthood in state; health secretary says that would lead to more teen pregnancies
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin and the state House GOP caucus are calling for de-funding of Planned Parenthood in Kentucky, but Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear...
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Elizabethtown schools go tobacco-free, including e-cigs; Hardin County follows suit but will allow smoking in private vehicles
Schools in Elizabethtown will be tobacco-free this year, and those in the surrounding Hardin County district will limit smoking to private vehicles in campuses, The News-Enterprise reports. The Elizabethtown policy...