Category: YOUR HEALTH
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First heart-lung transplant in Ky. in 15 years performed at UK
University of Kentucky surgeons performed Kentucky’s first combined heart-lung transplant in 15 years this summer, UK announced today. Dawn Nelson, 29, of Louisville, received two lungs and a heart from...
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Kentucky parents’ overall perception of Kentucky children’s health doesn’t match the statistics, foundation survey finds
Many Kentucky parents’ perception of their children’s health doesn’t match statistics, suggesting that many health problems are going undetected or untreated. That is the upshot of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s first...
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Lame-duck Congress could cut funding for critical access hospitals; more than two dozen in Kentucky
Critical access hospitals, which in most states are rural facilities with fewer than 25 beds, may be under attack in the lame-duck session of Congress, former national rural-health director Wayne...
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Canadian study suggests children in day care are more likely to be obese than those cared for by their parents
Children who attend day care regularly are 50 percent more likely to be overweight than those who stay home with parents, according to a new University of Montreal study in Quebec. Lead...
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Share of Kentuckians reporting they had been diagnosed as diabetic nearly tripled from 1995 to 2010
We’re not just getting fatter, Kentucky, we’re becoming chronically ill because of it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of diagnosed diabetes in Kentucky has...
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Teen smoking in Kentucky declined more than it did in nation from 2002 to 2010, but state remained in top 10
Like most states, Kentucky showed a drop in reported cigarette smoking among 12- to 17-year-olds from 2002 to 2010, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
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U of L and KentuckyOne Health announce partnership that keeps women’s health services intact at University Hospital
The University of Louisville and KentuckyOne Health have reached a partnership agreement that will leave the resolution of any “moral roadblocks” up to a higher authority. U of L President...
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No-Hit zones in place in pediatric wards of Kosair and U of L children’s hospitals
Health professionals and other employees at Kosair Children’s Hospital and the University of Louisville pediatrics unit were given an unusual tool this week when it was announced that their facilities...
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Kentucky is No. 1 state in overuse of antibiotics, a problem that poses wide dangers to the drugs’ effectiveness
In 2010 the average number of dispensed outpatient antibiotic prescriptions was 801 per 1,000 Americans. In Kentucky it was1,197. The darker the state, the higher the rate. (CDC map) Americans, especially Kentuckians, are...
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U.S. preterm birth rate goes down but Kentucky’s maternal smoking rate still second highest, putting preterm babies at risk
For the fifth year in a row, the preterm birth rate in the United States has dropped. Which is great news. But Kentucky again had a significantly high smoking rate...