Tag: children
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Number of Kentucky babies born addicted keeps rising quickly as heroin replaces harder-to-get prescription painkillers
Despite the crackdown on prescription painkillers, more Kentucky babies are being born addicted, “fueled by a recent spike in heroin use,” much of it by people who have found prescription...
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Study shows a decline in obesity rates in preschool children; Kentucky ranks 6th in obesity among pre-kindergartners
The rate of obesity in preschool-age children dropped about two-fifths over the past decade, according to a federal health survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Betsy...
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Rural children are more likely to be obese, but rural communities have several strategies to fight the problem
Children living in rural areas are about 25 percent more likely to be overweight or obese than children in urban areas, studies show. Rural communities have come up with several...
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Deadline for applications for Kids Cancer Alliance Survivor Scholarship is April 1
Kids Cancer Alliance is taking applications for its annual Kids Cancer Alliance Survivor Scholarship, which gives young adult cancer survivors help toward their academic and professional goals. Applicants must: 1)...
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UK Children’s Hospital plans to resume heart surgeries after hiatus caused by deaths of five children, departure of surgeon
The University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital plans to resume heart surgeries, following a suspension of the program prompted by the deaths of five children in 11 months and the departure...
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Study says ’16 and Pregnant’ reality TV show is responsible for 5.7% decline in births to teens, but numbers still high in Kentucky
The MTV show “16 and Pregnant” has been highly criticized, not only for featuring pregnant teens, but because some of the cast members have since been arrested, gotten into trouble...
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Courier-Journal editorial says Beshear must set Cabinet for Health and Family Services right on child-abuse records
The Courier-Journal published a remarkable editorial Sunday excoriating the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the high level of secrecy in which it has enveloped cases of children who...
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Kentucky spends less than a penny of its tobacco-settlement money on prevention programs; few states do very much
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report says that 15 years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Kentucky ranks 38th in the nation in funding tobacco prevention and...
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Kids Count shows Ky. tops in smoking by pregnant mothers, has a wide range of local data about children’s well-being
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count report on children’s well-being, released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kentucky Youth Advocates, says the state leads the...
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Some schools let kids with live head lice stay; policy change has some Kentucky parents scratching their heads
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News School districts across the country are adopting policies that say students diagnosed with live head lice or nits (louse eggs) can remain in school...