Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Health reform law drives a trend to include lifestyle changes in a patient’s health care plan, alongside traditional medicine
Lifestyle changes can play a huge role in treating and warding off many health conditions and thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act there is now a shift...
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At roundtable on food and agriculture, Prince Charles says we need to reconnect with the food system and nature, keep stock
Prince Charles “called for urgent restructuring of local and global economies to save humanity from itself” in a whirlwind visit to Louisville on Friday, James Bruggers reports for The Courier-Journal....
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Earth can’t afford to keep supporting our consumerist society as it now exists, Prince Charles tells Louisville audience
Kentucky Health News Transcript of The Prince of Wales’s speech at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Louisville, following an introduction by Wendell Berry (subheads added) Ladies and gentlemen, it has...
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As part of Louisville visit, Prince Charles attends roundtable on health and the environment with health and environmental leaders
Press pool report by Al Cross, Kentucky Health News His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at the foot of the Big Four Bridge, an old railroad bridge recently...
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Wendell and Mary Berry welcome Prince Charles and wife to Louisville, where prince will focus on local food and sustainability
In honor of a royal visit on Friday to Louisville by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who will be highlighting issues of sustainability and local food,...
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McCreary County smoking ban fails; story on hearing offers a picture of the strong feelings, pro and con, that the idea evokes
The McCreary County Fiscal Court was unable to move forward with a vote on a smoking-ban ordinance because it lacked a motion for a second reading, Janie Slaven reports for...
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UK gets $2.5 million for rural child poverty nutrition center
L-R: Nancy Cox, dean of UK’s College of Agriculture, Foodand Environment; Secy. Tom Vilsack; Gov. Steve Beshear. Kentucky Health News Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced at the University of Kentucky...
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Community health groups, with focus on prevention, fight to be part of new setup for lowering health costs, improving outcomes
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is forcing doctors and hospitals to collaborate on lowering health-care costs while improving health outcomes. Community health groups that focus on preventive care...
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Study: Loneliness increases risk of dying more than obesity
Kentucky Health News Loneliness increases your chance of dying, according to a study by Brigham Young University and published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science. It found that the subjective...
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Poll: Ky. parents think children’s school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options
Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky parents think school lunches are nutritious, but should offer more made from-scratch options, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The poll, taken Oct.8...