Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Boone County school bans all food at school birthday celebrations, partly in an effort to combat childhood obesity
Burlington Elementary School in Boone County has banned all food during birthday celebrations, including ice cream and cake, as part of its new wellness policy, Jessica Brown reports for The...
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A close call with his heart helped a 36-year-old man change his life; UK opening cardiovascular unit to help those like him
A lifetime of eating poorly and smoking a pack of cigarettes a day landed one man in the hospital with a heart condition that usually kills half of its victims;...
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McConnell runs anti-Obamacare ad with doctor who connects pre-existing condition with cancellation of insurance
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is running his first re-election commercial focused on the federal health-reform law, featuring a Somerset physician saying “As a doctor, I see how Obamacare hurts patients’...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. gives UK’s James Norton the Dan Martin Award for Lifetime Contributions to Rural Health
James Norton of the University of Kentucky is this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award for Lifelong Contributions to Rural Health, which honors a health care professional who has...
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Kentuckians like Kynect coverage as long as it’s not called ‘Obamacare,’ and some don’t like to talk about it
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you — unless you’re talking about the word “Obamacare” and its impact...
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How contagious is ebola? Not very, experts say
This story was updated Monday, Oct. 13 Several days ago, Thomas Eric Duncan died from ebola after arriving in Dallas from Liberia. He didn’t appear to be ill during his...
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Most Kentucky schools adapting well to new federal nutrition rules, USDA official with Kentucky background says
While one Kentucky school district has ditched the federal school-meals program and the money that comes with it, an official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer...
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First flu case reported in Kentucky; vaccination recommended for everyone over 6 months old, especially some groups
Kentucky’s first positive lab-confirmed case of the flu has been reported in Jefferson County this week, according to the state Department for Public Health. The best way to protect against the...
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Experts suggest ways to win public-policy changes to fight obesity
Though the obesity epidemic shows signs of stabilizing, it still carries national security risks—negatively affecting education, agriculture and transportation—and public policy change can incredibly important in reducing obesity, Richard Hamburg,...
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State health department issues ‘call for action’ to fight childhood obesity, seeks help from child-care providers
The state Department for Public Health has issued a “call for action” to fight childhood obesity, a long-term health burden in which Kentucky continually ranks in the top 10 among states,...