New U of L public-health dean has rural health background
Craig H. Blakely, dean at the School of Rural Public Health at Texas A&M University, has been named dean of the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information...
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Craig H. Blakely, dean at the School of Rural Public Health at Texas A&M University, has been named dean of the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information...
While a plethora of research on childhood obesity has linked it to long-term health problems, a new UCLA study focuses on the condition’s more proximate consequences, showing that obese children...
Alcoholic beverages could throw a wrench into your 2013 diet plan. The National Center for Health Statistics reported late last year that American adults drink in an average of 100 calories...
It’s not too late to get your flu shot, even though the flu has hit earlier and more broadly than usual, experts say. It generally takes about two weeks for...
Kentucky Health News welcomes a new reporter, writer and blogger: Molly Burchett, a master’s student in health communication at the University of Kentucky. Burchett graduated from Transylvania University in 2009...
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, so the Kentucky Optometric Association is emphasizing the need for an annual dilated eye exam. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the U.S.,...
The conversion to electronic health records isn’t producing savings in health-care costs predicted by a 2005 report, and it’s had mixed results in improving efficiency and patient care, according to...
UPDATE, Jan. 14 : Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal reports, “Addicts by the scores used to get a quick and easy high from snorting or shooting up the powerful narcotic...
A state court will hear the Kentucky attorney general’s 2007 lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, against the wishes of the company. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit...
A coalition of health groups say they will give state Rep. Susan Westrom, D-Lexington, the most public support ever for a bill to ban smoking in Kentucky restaurants and workplaces,...