Tag: children
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Herald-Leader blasts UK for secrecy surrounding children’s heart program and its efforts to rebuild it despite nearby competition
The Lexington Herald-Leader blasted the University of Kentucky in an editorial Sunday for “stonewalling questions about the decision to halt pediatric cardiothoracic surgeries and the mysterious sidelining of Dr. Mark...
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Safety tips for trick or treating, Halloween parties
The state Department for Public Health offers these food safety tips to help you have a safe Halloween: Avoid having children snack while they’re out trick-or-treating so you can inspect...
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School nurses are an unfunded mandate for schools, which are picking up more of their cost as health department budgets shrink
Marion County nurse Renee Schooling helps Levi Hardin, a Marion County first grader with diabetes, check his blood sugar. (Lebanon Enterprise Photo by Stevie Lowery) Kentucky school nurses are stretched thin across...
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KET program to feature citizens who work in three programs to improve the health of Kentucky children
The next episode of KET‘s “Health Three60” series will be a program that features citizens who have made a difference in the health of Kentucky children. “Champions for Children’s Health”...
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Middle- and high-school students invited to create 30-second videos discouraging prescription drug abuse, win prizes in contest
Attorney General Jack Conway and his Keep Kentucky Safe partners invite Kentucky middle- and high-school students to compete in the annual Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement contest. Contestants...
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Fewer teens report using tobacco and abusing prescription drugs, but some attribute latter trend to increase in heroin use
By Melissa Patrick and Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky teenagers said last year that they used prescription drugs without a doctor’s direction, or tobacco, than in the last...
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Study says obese children (Kentucky’s a leader in that) may have quadruple the risk of having high blood pressure as adults
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new study shows that being obese in childhood may quadruple the risk of having high blood pressure risk as an adult, highlighting the...
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Ensure children’s eye safety during fall sports season
Children are back in school, playing sports, and parents can take precautions to ensure their children’s eye safety as they compete. Although many parents are unaware of the risks posed...
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Effort for kids’ dental health in Clark, started by volunteers and continued by health department with tax, earns national award
“A community effort to fight tooth decay in children in Clark County has been named a model for the nation,” veteran journalist Al Smith reports in an op-ed for the...
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Harlan County Schools look for school-nurse help after county health department, which had done it for free, asks for $10,000
http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23219874/article-Board-tackles-nurse-issue? Update: http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23250170/article-School-district-asked-to-pay-for-nursing-services?