Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Governor renews call for statewide smoking ban; Courier-Journal hammers on the issue with a series of articles
Pressure for passage a statewide smoking ban in the legislative session that begins Jan. 6 is increasing, with recent statements by Gov. Steve Beshear and a package of articles in...
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Liberty City Council rescinds smoking ban that had passed with mayor’s tie-breaking vote weeks earlier
Liberty city council members voted 5-1 to repeal a city-wide smoking ban in public buildings that was passed narrowly in November. The law was to go into effect Jan. 1,...
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Holiday stress can make former smokers relapse; here are ways to keep that from happening
People often smoke when they are stressed, and despite the famous holiday song that claims “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” the season often brings stress that makes...
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Tips on getting around or through the ‘holiday blahs’
The holidays are supposed to be the happiest time of the year, but for many it is a time of sadness and anxiety, Sarah Elizabeth Richards writes for the Daily Burn....
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Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don’t east fast food
Eating fast food may cause lower test scores in school, says a recent study of U.S. school children. The study, published online in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, found that “The...
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Supporters of statewide smoking ban push for floor votes; opposition in Senate may not be as strong as before
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the advocates of a statewide smoking ban might have been “preaching to the choir,” as one put it during a legislative committee meeting...
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Kentucky Health Cooperative, largest private provider on state insurance exchange, gets $65 million loan to keep going
The Kentucky Health Cooperative, a non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance company, received a $65 million federal loan last month to keep it afloat just days before the second open-enrollment period began,...
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Ten common myths about diabetes busted
Kentucky ranks 17th in diabetes, and many Kentuckians are newly diagnosed every year with the disease, usually Type 2 diabetes. The diagnosis can be overwhelming, especially if you don’t have...
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Ky. ranks 8th in the number of high-prescribing Medicare physicians for powerful narcotic painkillers and stimulants
Kentucky ranks eighth in Medicare physicians who are considered “high prescribers” of Schedule 2 medications, drugs that have the highest potential for abuse like oxycodone, fentanyl, morphine and Ritalin, according...