Category: YOUR HEALTH
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UK-EKU center gets $5 million to address occupational health and safety issues in Central Appalachia and Kentucky
A center based in the University of Kentucky College of Public Health has received a five-year, $5 million grant to advance occupational health and safety in Central Appalachia and Kentucky,...
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KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, “supersizing,” marketing, and lobbying have made us fat
KET will air a three-part series, “Men Who Made Us Fat,” in which Jacques Peretti blames American obesity on high-fructose corn syrup, fast food, “supersizing,” marketing, and lobbying. In the first episode...
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Free, day-long forum Sept. 16 in Louisville will explore doing health care differently; registration almost full
A free one-day conference will be held Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Louisville to explore policy opportunities and challenges related to doing health care differently for a healthier Kentucky. The focus...
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As part of UK campus food deal, Aramark puts up $5 million for Food Connection, vows to purchase Kentucky products
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has entered a $5 million public-private partnership designed to promote the study and research of food at UK and to...
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Sicker patients, competition for beds and a growing number of patients create long wait times at UK emergency room
The University of Kentucky‘s emergency room has the longest wait time in Kentucky and this time is also way above the national average, Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader....
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Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Appalachian Kentucky has the enthusiasm, creativity, people and facilities needed to greatly improve its dismal health status, two high-ranking federal officials said after looking...
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As nurse practitioners enjoy their new, state-granted authority, The Paducah Sun looks at the issue in far Western Kentucky
Kentucky law has expanded the rights of nurse practitioners, Laurel Black notes for The Paducah Sun: “Local practitioners say the move will provide patients with better access to care, but...
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School nutrition beat keeps busy: Ketchup returns to Anderson County, more students eating at school in Allen County
School meal programs continue to make news, as schools, students and parents adjust to the latest round of federal guidelines to combat childhood obesity and make sure no child goes...
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Henderson County Schools post videos to explain changes in meals, snacks and school fund-raisers involving food
Student Nibre Fortune chose food items at Henderson’s Jefferson Elementary School last April. (Gleaner photo by Mike Lawrence) To help parents and students understand the federally mandated changes in school...
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Medicare ratings for nursing homes rely heavily on self-reported data; recent inspection data are available elsewhere
Next time you look at Medicare’s ratings for nursing homes, be aware that most of the information used to make the ranking is based on self-reported data and is not...