Category: YOUR HEALTH
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50,000 students to get more fruit, vegetables during the school day
More than 50,000 students in 125 Kentucky elementary schools will be able to eat fresh fruit and vegetables in the coming school year. The nutritious snacks will be provided as...
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UK hospital chosen to national program to improve breastfeeding rates
Photo courtesy of University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital has been chosen to participate in Best Fed Beginnings, a national effort to improve breast feeding...
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Schools have big role to play in battling childhood obesity
Schools can make a powerful impact on battling the childhood obesity epidemic, but only when health and nutrition are seen as a way to improve student learning rather than take...
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Health care law ruling expected Thursday by Supreme Court
Associated Press photo by Alex Brandon The U.S. Supreme Court will issue its ruling on the constitutionality of the federal health-care reform law Thursday. As for the outcomes, Politico’s Jennifer...
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Kentucky first state to require license for diabetes educator; Beshear signed bill into law last week
Kentucky is the first state to require diabetes educators to be licensed, a move Gov. Steve Beshear that said will “raise the standards for diabetes management and care.” Beshear signed...
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Despite problems, managed care saved state $190 million in six months, official says
Though there have been plenty of bumps in the state’s move to managed care for 820,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid, Health and Family Services Cabinet Secretary Audrey Haynes told lawmakers Wednesday...
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KET program will focus on children’s health this Sunday
A discussion about the problems Kentucky families and children face on a daily basis will be at the heart of this week’s “One to One” with Bill Goodman on KET....
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New report lists contaminant, treatment violations at Kentucky’s 461 public water systems
Reporters can now find out if their local public water systems were recently cited with violations related to contaminants in the water or inadequate treatment. The Kentucky Division of Water‘s...
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Large percentage of patients with dementia given drugs they don’t need; see how your nursing home is doing
Kentucky reporters can now see how the nursing homes in their area are treating patients with dementia. The Boston Globe has published a list of all the nursing homes in...