Tag: children’s health
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UK study reports high rates of trauma exposure in Kentucky children who are raised by their grandparents
The University of Kentucky Center for Trauma and Children sent out a report about the well-being of trauma-exposed families in which a grandparent is the primary caregiver and where no...
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KET’s ‘Safe and Sound: Raising Emotionally Healthy Children in a Stressful World’ premieres April 17, first airs April 21
Though new parents often have access to many resources of information on how to care for their children physically, they are usually not as well-informed about raising them to be...
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Senate committee kills bill to keep minors from using tanning beds
Legislation to ban minors from using tanning beds fell two votes short of passing the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday. The bill, which passed the House 61-31, would...
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Senate OKs bill to fund pediatric cancer and autism research
With the backing of Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill designed to assist in funding research of pediatric cancer and autism, funded by money now...
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Family dinners promote healthier eating, often with fewer calories, as part of an achievable strategy to battle child obesity
In celebration of National Nutrition Month, there is no better time to make a commitment to eat more meals together as a family. Family meals offer a great opportunity to...
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Henderson County jumps into the fight against childhood obesity, a major problem in Kentucky
Henderson County is investing in a holistic program to battle childhood obesity, a huge problem in Kentucky, Erin Schmitt reports for the Henderson Gleaner. Childhood obesity is at 18 percent...
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Less than a third of school districts in Ky., which has high child-obesity rates, are in program to increase physical activity
Fifty-four of Kentucky’s 173 school districts have joined a national initiative to increase physical activity in schools, and school officials hope other school districts will soon join in. Let’s Move...
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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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HIV and AIDS cases are on the rise in Kentucky; officials blame lack of education and increase of heroin use
Despite readily available information and awareness about practicing safe sex, and avoiding sharing needles, HIV and AIDS cases are on the rise in Kentucky. And the reason, say officials, is...
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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...