Tag: heart disease
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UK gets biggest-ever grant from National Institutes of Health to probe links between obesity and cardiovascular disease
The University of Kentucky has received its largest-ever National Institutes of Health grant to explore connections between two of the state’s biggest health problems, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Lisa...
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New guidelines for cholesterol management spark controversy; faulty risk calculator could lead to over-prescribing statins
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released new guidelines for cholesterol management, a new formula to assess heart attack and stroke risk, and guidelines for lifestyle modifications...
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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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Kentuckians can act to protect against heart disease and stroke; half of preventable deaths occur in adults age 65 or younger
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Nearly one on three deaths in the U.S. each year is caused by heart disease and stroke. At least 200,000 of these deaths are...
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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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UK’s Gill Heart Institute joins Appalachian Regional Healthcare to advance specialty heart care in Eastern Kentucky
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the Appalachian Heart Center and UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart Institute announced a new collaboration to deliver cardiovascular care to Eastern Kentuckians, which will extend the UK’s sub-specialty care...
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Petition drive from parents asks UK Healthcare to release mortality rates for cardiothoracic surgeries on children
More than 250 people have signed a petition asking the University of Kentucky hospital “to make public the mortality rates for pediatric cardiothoracic surgery patients from 2010, 2011 and 2012,”...
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Seven Ky. communities get grants to reduce risks for chronic diseases among children and ‘Invest in Kentucky’s Future’
Seven diverse Kentucky communities are getting money to reduce the risk of chronic disease among Kentucky’s youth. The initial grants announced Thursday are part of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s new Investing...
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Kids’ excessive salty snacks are linked to obesity, high blood pressure; new limits on school vending items may help
As new research shows that America’s child-obesity epidemic is linked to eating too many salty snacks, new federal regulations could ensure that vending-machine snacks in Kentucky’s schools are healthier and...
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Chief of cardiothoracic surgery and pediatric heart program at UK, suspended from surgeries, takes job in Florida
Dr. Mark Plunkett, the chief University of Kentucky cardiothoracic surgeon whose surgery program was suspended last year for unspecified reasons, has accepted a new job a the University of Florida....