Lexington is most sedentary city in U.S., Men’s Health says
Lexington has been ranked as the most sedentary city in the country by Men’s Health magazine. Or, to put it more bluntly, the laziest. “What hurt Lexington most was the...
Category: YOUR HEALTH
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State website helps Kentuckians get health insurance, info
A new government website is aimed at helping Kentuckians wade through the often overwhelming world of health insurance by providing information specific to the new health care law. The Kentucky...
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New cigarette warning labels to be in use by fall 2012
Showing graphic photos of rotting teeth, a man with a zipper-like scar down the length of his chest and even a man with smoke coming out of his tracheotomy tube,...
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Tainted salad mixture was sold in Kentucky, has been recalled
Kentucky is among the states affected by a recall of Dole and Kroger salad mixtures that may be tainted with the disease listeriosis. More than 2,800 Dole Italian Blend and...
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Kentucky Medicaid spending is unsustainable, study will say
When it is released June 29, a study sponsored by the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions will show Kentucky is an on “unsustainable path” when it comes to Medicaid spending....
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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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Several Kentucky hospitals overdo CT scans, despite cost, risk
Despite the risk of exposing patients to more radiation and the fact that radiologists say it is very rarely necessary, Medicare outpatients are regularly receiving two CT scans on the...
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Monday, June 27 is National HIV Testing Day
Kentuckians are being encouraged to find out their HIV status on Monday, June 27, National HIV Testing Day. About 1,700 Kentuckians were diagnosed with HIV between Jan. 1, 2005 and Dec....
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Signups due tomorrow for nutrition workshops June 29-July 1
Tomorrow is the deadline to register for two affiliated workshops that will focus on school nutrition and the overall health of Kentucky children. The Coordinated School Health Institute will focus...