Category: YOUR HEALTH
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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...
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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...