Tag: heart disease
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Floyd County newspaper editor calls on readers to make lifestyle changes to address area’s diabetes health crisis
The editor of an Eastern Kentucky newspaper has joined an advocacy group’s call for residents in his county to make simple, healthy lifestyle changes, serving as an example of how...
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Medically unnecessary procedures are part of culture of disability in Eastern Kentucky, professor writes
St. Joseph London Hospital is taking heat over accusations of performing medically unnecessary cardiac catheterizations and other invasive cardiac procedures, and a look at the health data by a Kentucky...
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First major study of diet and strokes links fried, sugary Southern diet, low on fruits and vegetables, to increased risk
Genuine Kentucky fried platter: Cornbread, fried catfish, fried greentomatoes, fried apples and fried okra(Photo from Ramsey’s, Lexington) By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News People with a Southern diet, or one heavy on fried food...
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Small steps can prevent Kentucky’s No. 1 killer, heart disease
It is now February, which is American Heart Month and a perfect time to remind people that small steps can reduce their risk of heart disease, Kentucky’s No. 1 killer. You...
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Children with TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to have extra fat, three times greater risk of heart disease and diabetes
Kids who have TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to be fat and nearly three times as likely to be at risk for heart disease and diabetes as...
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One S.C. county serves as incubator for state’s efforts to battle weight problems, with some good results
PE teacher Sharon Williams, right, leads morning exercises before classes start at Bells Elementary.(The State photo by Tim Dominick) With nearly two-thirds of South Carolina deemed overweight or worse, lucky...
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UK, ARH planning efforts against high rate of heart-disease deaths and limited availability of proper food in Perry County
The death rate from heart disease is nearly twice as high in Perry County (Wikipedia map) as in Kentucky as a whole, so there’s no better time than now to...
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U of L doctor tells American Heart Association that cardiac stem-cell research shows a lot of promise
Dr. Roberto Bolli Promising results are coming from research that uses patients’ own cardiac stem cells to heal their hearts, a Louisville doctor told colleagues this week at an American...
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Study: Smoke-free workplace leads to fewer heart attacks
Mayo Clinic researchers have found a 33 percent drop in heart attack rates in a Minnesota county after public smoking bans were enacted. This, while rates of hypertension, diabetes, high...
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Cardiologist: Kentucky needs better way to get heart attack patients to dedicated catheterization centers in time
Because cardiovascular disease kills more Kentuckians than anything else, and because what mostly kills them is a heart attack, and because if you can get help within 90 minutes of...