Category: YOUR HEALTH
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KET will discuss asthma Monday night: living with it, its environmental affects, and available resources to deal with it
KET‘s current “Health Three60” program is “Easing the Burden of Asthma,” discussing a disease that hospitalizes more than 6,000 Kentuckians a year. After debuting on KET Sept. 29 at 9...
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Kentucky school officials make foods look more appetizing and easier to eat, in order to decrease food waste
Some school districts are working to keep fruits and vegetables from being thrown out by students who seem to be unhappy with their school lunches that must follow stricter nutrition...
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Lots of research has established that children with egg allergies can still get a flu shot; those with asthma especially should
Flu season can start as early as October, and children with egg allergies are now encouraged to get a flu shot, especially if they have asthma, according to a news release...
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State’s commissioners of education and health urge Kentucky’s school boards to make their campuses smoke-free
The commissioners of Kentucky’s education and health departments have jointly signed and sent letters to all 173 school superintendents in the state asking them to pass full smoking bans “to...
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Kentucky schools teach nutrition with hands-on-learning
Visiting dairy cows, growing food in the air and being the first school in the state to grow its own garden on school grounds are just some of the efforts...
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UK gets historic $1.8 million grant to fight obesity in six highly obese counties: Clinton, Elliott, Lewis, Letcher, Logan, Martin
The Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Kentucky is getting $1.8 million in federal funds over the next three years to fight obesity in several of the Kentucky counties most affected...
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Researchers say aggressively treating pre-diabetes could stop or delay future diabetic complications
Treating pre-diabetes as if it is diabetes could delay or prevent future related health complications, according to doctors from three leading research institutions and the American Diabetes Association, says a...
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Study finds that early memory loss can be a predictor of dementia
Experiencing memory loss early in life could be a cause for concern about dementia later in life. Research from the University of Kentucky‘s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has found that...
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Lexington is considering whether to add electronic cigarettes to its anti-smoking ordinance
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will discuss whether to expand its smoking ban to include electronic cigarettes, possibly as early as Oct. 7 at the General Government Committee meeting, Beth...
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CDC sending full-time senior staffer to E. Ky. to help health departments tackle the region’s chronic, serious health problems
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will place a full-time employee in Eastern Kentucky to help public health departments battle the region’s serious, chronic health problems, the area’s...