Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Lexington preschool becomes Kentucky’s first with a farm-to-school food program
About 20 years from now, today’s preschoolers will be purchasing and preparing their own food. What if they spent 13 years in an educational setting that taught farm-to-school practices? Children...
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What you eat, such as refined and easily digestible carbohydrates, may be more important that how much you eat
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Our weight is determined by the number of calories we take in compared to the number of calories we expend. So, if you over-eat...
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Study: Banning sugary drinks from SNAP would reduce obesity and Type 2 diabetes; subsidy would boost fruit consumption
A measure preventing people from purchasing sugar-sweetened beverages through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, would significantly reduce obesity and Type 2 diabetes in adults under 65, and...
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Health foundation chief objects to bill that would allow school districts to get waivers from recent nutrition standards
The president of Kentucky’s public-interest health foundation is objecting to legislation recently approved by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to allow waivers from the school nutrition enacted by the Department...
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UK awarded $1.9 million to improve recruitment, preparation and retention of science, tech, engineering and math students
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the University of Kentucky a five-year, $1.9 million grant to improve retention of students in the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering and mathematics,...
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Danville is latest Ky. community to ban indoor use of e-cigarettes, following new law that classifies them as tobacco product
The Danville City Commission has approved an ordinance that bans the use of e-cigs in enclosed places, placing the same restrictions on them that already exist on traditional tobacco cigarettes,...
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Breakthrough drugs for targeted diseases work wonders, but are very expensive; some see a trend to worry about
Drugs focusing on narrow subsets of broader diseases are now being developed for individuals with specific genetic makeups. This trend prompts questions about who covers the cost, who gets the...
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Smoking increases risk of getting lung cancer by up to 20%, but add other carcinogens and it can go up as much as 300%
If you smoke, your risk of getting lung cancer is as much as 20 times greater than if you don’t. But if you smoke and are exposed to other carcinogens...
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UK researchers work to improve identification of lung cancer patients eligible for participation in clinical trials for new treatments
At the University of Kentucky, researchers are developing better strategies to identify lung cancer patients who could participate in clinical trials for new treatments. Lung cancer causes more deaths than...
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Prescribing antibiotics for viral infections must stop; overuse of antibiotics causes antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Bronchitis is a viral infection, and antibiotics are not effective for treating viral infections. Doctors know this, yet they continue to prescribe antibiotics to patients with bronchitis and other viral...