Heavy smoking less common than 40 years ago
The percentage of people who smoked 20 or more cigarettes a day decreased significantly from 1965 to 2007 in the United States, according to a study in the March 16...
Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Health Reform Source website answers questions about law
In time for the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the federal health-reform law, the Kaiser Family Foundation is advertising its Health Reform Source website, which offers comprehensive resources concerning...
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Link found between kids watching food-based TV commercials and childhood obesity
Watching TV commercials, not the sedentary act of watching TV itself, contributes to obesity in children, according to a study published by the American Journal of Public Health. The study...
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Inspectors found 389 deficiencies in 66 Kentucky nursing homes in last quarter of 2010
Inspectors found 389 deficiencies at 66 Kentucky nursing homes in the last three months of 2010. Ten of the nursing homes inspected had 10 or more deficiencies. Two of them,...
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Legislature passed few health-related bills; took small steps on child obesity, diabetes, elder abuse
There were proposals to combat childhood obesity, fight methamphetamine production, impose a statewide smoking ban and protect nursing home residents, but Kentucky lawmakers were reluctant to make changes through health-related...
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Most Kentuckians want to treat drug offenders, not jail them
Days after a bill was passed that will reduce prison time for the state’s low-risk, non-violent drug offenders, the 2010 Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that seven in 10 Kentuckians...
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Kentuckians among least happy and least healthy in U.S.
Kentuckians are among the least happy and healthy citizens in the country, with the state ranking second lowest in a survey that rates the emotional and physical health of Americans....
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Senate blows the whistle on the session, leaving Medicaid at an impasse; Beshear says a special session will start Monday
By Al Cross Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues The state Senate is forcing an early end to the Kentucky General Assembly’s regular session today, without fixing the budget...
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As meds-for-meth bill dies, backer asks colleagues to find solution
The bill that would have required prescriptions for three popular decongestants used to make methamphetamine “was buried today, but not without a eulogy and a promise to resurrect it,” Renee...
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Three Florida women put pressure on Sunshine State’s “pill mills,” legislators, governor
As Kentucky officials ask Florida legislators to crack down on pill mills, three Florida women have started a grassroots effort to spread awareness about the problem. Nurse Renee Doyle, respiratory...