Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Studies show that comprehensive smoke-free laws and tobacco taxes are associated with lower rates of youth smoking
Kentucky Health News Tobacco-control policies such as taxes and comprehensive smoke-free laws are associated with lower rates of youth smoking, according to recent studies. The purpose of the first study,...
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Appeals court rules law banning gender-affirming care for minors can stay in effect as lawsuit against it moves through lower court
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Thursday that Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors will stay...
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Survey of 52 high-school students in Ky. hears calls for support of parents, not just students, when tackling substance-use problem
Kentucky Health News Kentucky high-school students in a recent study about substance abuse and its prevention offered some pointed advice about why their peers turn to substances, and said it’s...
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Legislators waive chance to set up repeal of expanded Medicaid services, and are talking with administration officials about it
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Around 400 patients every week, most covered by Medicaid, flood the University of Kentucky’s dental clinic seeking care they can’t find elsewhere for advanced tooth...
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Fall is vaccine season; doctors say it’s OK to get immunizations for Covid-19 and flu at same time; new RSV vaccine available
Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are circulating, so the vaccine season is upon us. To get the maximum protection, start with a game plan. “Doctors generally suggest getting...
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Ga. professor develops model to show how much you need to walk each day to achieve a specific reduction in your weight
By Bob Buresh The Conversation Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels....
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‘The only way we can take care of others is if we first take care of ourselves,” UK President Eli Capilouto says in a health message
Kentucky Health News Before he became an academic and a university administrator, Eli Cailouto was a public-health dentist. He returned to his roots in his latest campus-wide message as University...
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Ky. children 10-17 have nation’s 2nd highest obesity rate, 19.6%; adult rate of 37.7% is 9th highest, a slight improvement from 2021
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ties with Wisconsin for the nation’s ninth-highest adult obesity rate, an improvement from second-highest last year, but Kentucky children aged 10-17 still have...
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Answers to questions about the updated Covid-19 vaccines
Updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have rolled out to pharmacies. The Food and Drug Administration approved the mRNA vaccines for everyone 6 months and older. The Centers for Disease...
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Governor declares Recovery Month, says he has ‘grave concerns’ about opioid-settlement spending as opioid commission meets
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 200 people attended an event to mark National Recovery Month on Friday, Sept. 22 in the state Capitol, hearing a message that...