Category: YOUR HEALTH
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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...
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Japan approves a high-fiber version of Pepsi as a fat blocker
Let’s start here: Way too much of Kentucky is way too fat. And, let’s add this, we drink lotsa sugary beverages. Why, our intake of Mountain Dew alone is legendary....
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State officials appear to be overstating successes of new prescription-drug law, The Courier-Journal reports
There’s new criticism from Kentucky’s doctors in an analysis of the state’s four-month old prescription drug law, showing that a lot of what state officials have touted as the law’s...
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Electric cooperatives’ monthly magazine looks at the poor health of our state’s children
Courtney Cagle, 14, of Clinton learnshow to cook healthy spaghetti in UK’sCooperative Extension nutrition program The November issue of Kentucky Living magazine, published monthly for member-customers of the state’s electric cooperatives, focuses on children’s...
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U of L doctor tells American Heart Association that cardiac stem-cell research shows a lot of promise
Dr. Roberto Bolli Promising results are coming from research that uses patients’ own cardiac stem cells to heal their hearts, a Louisville doctor told colleagues this week at an American...
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New, 4-volume veterans’ health handbook reflects UK expertise
It is not just about post-traumatic stress and re-entry into the job market anymore, as if it ever was. In topics as diverse as how to best get electronic medical...
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Poll: A quarter of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky residents skip doctor visits and are behind on their medical bills
Nearly one-quarter of adults throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky did not always go to the doctor when they needed to during the past year, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer...
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Study: Grandparent caregivers aren’t up on latest safety standards for babies and children
Grandparents might be more quick to say yes to grandkids but they might also be a little behind the times on the the new safety guidelines that could better protect...
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National Rural Health Day to be celebrated Nov. 15 with free week-long issue-based webinar series
Those almost 60 million Americans who live in rural America do not have as much ready access to health care or to the vast number of health care providers than...
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Study finds kids get more fat and calories when they eat out
Nobody’s surprised to hear what researchers have now quantified: When children eat out, they take in more calories and fat than they would have at home. It doesn’t matter if...