Tag: research
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Patients in isolated rural areas have higher rates of death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease living in isolated rural areas “seem to be at greater risk” of death from COPD than those living in urban areas, even when “hospital rurality...
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Website helps journalists, community planners, other Kentuckians in search of county-specific health data
A treasure trove of health data about every county in Kentucky is available to journalists and community planners looking to draw a statistical picture of their area. That was the...
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Overweight people tend to cluster with those who are likewise
The adage “birds of a feather flock together” seems to apply when it comes to the obesity, with a study concluding that overweight people tend to befriend others who are overweight....
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Webinar next week will spotlight county-by-county health data
How can you find by-county health statistics and other other key health resources? That will be the focus of a July 13 webinar, hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The free webinar,...
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Weight gain after gastric bypass is common; study will see if post-operative supervision helps keep it off
Though 200,000 people undergo gastric bypass surgery to lose weight each year, more than half of patients put back on at least 20 percent of the weight they lost, research-reporting...
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Study indicates risk of fatal birth defects is higher in counties with mountaintop-removal coal mining
“Children born in counties home to mountaintop coal mines had a 26 percent higher risk of suffering” a fatal birth defect “compared to ones born in non-mining regions,” according to...
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UK finally wins $20 million grant to translate medical research into action at the bedside and in the field; now ‘a member of the club’
The University of Kentucky announced Tuesday that the National Institutes of Health had awarded it $20 million over five years to help move research discoveries from the laboratory to the...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky asks Kentuckians to participate in online survey about state’s health issues
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking participants for an ongoing survey to identify the most important health issues facing Kentucky. Responses to the online survey are due by...
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Kentuckians think cancer is biggest threat to adults, but heart disease kills more men in the state
Cancer is the leading health concern identified by Kentuckians, and is the principal cause of death among women in the state, though heart disease is the main killer of Kentucky men,...
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Study finds new prostate-cancer test is better than current one
Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles say they have developed a new test for prostate cancer that is “more sensitive and more specific” than the usual test...