Tag: prevention
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Kentucky is among states with low rates of screening for cancers of the private parts, and thus has a higher death rate from them
Poor, minority and rural residents are less likely to be screened for breast, colorectal and cervical cancers and more likely to have high mortality rates from the diseases because they...
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Four ways to stop the Great Diabetes Epidemic, which affects 1 in 7 Kentuckians and could affect 1 in 4 (those with pre-diabetes)
By Isaac Joyner, MPH and Gilbert H. Friedell, M.D. Kentucky has a state bird, the cardinal; a state flower, goldenrod; and a state tree, the tulip poplar. And now, thanks...
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Report says hospitals could fund improvements in Ky.’s health
A focus on population health, prevention and wellness is how Kentucky will become a healthier state, and one source for funding these efforts is hospitals, because most nonprofit hospitals are...
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90 percent on state’s Kentucky Employee Health Plan are enrolled in its wellness program
If a focus on wellness and prevention is the key to living a longer life, then Kentucky public employees are well on their way with 90 percent of them now...
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School health units expand in Southern Ky.; treatment and prevention should pay off in longer, healthier lives for students
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News School-based health centers are a new approach to providing student health care through a public-private partnership, whose model of care has the potential to...
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Kentucky will get money to increase colon cancer screenings in Louisville and Appalachia, which lag behind recent success
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive about $2.6 million in federal money over five years to help fight colon cancer by encouraging people to be screened for...
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Huge infographic offers facts about Kentucky’s oral health
The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition, a project of Kentucky Youth Advocates, recently released an infographic “Word of Mouth: The Importance of Oral Health in Kentucky” to offer some general awareness...
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Feds fund Ky. campaign to promote shots for human papilloma virus, the most common sexually transmitted disease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen joined public health officials in Frankfort July 13 to launch Kentucky’s new “Stop HPV Campaign,” to encourage parents to get...
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Grants of up to $10,000 available for Kentucky communities to fight colon cancer; applications are due July 15
The Colon Cancer Prevention Project has a new “Project Innovation” grant program to help fund local innovative ideas to get more people screened for colon cancer in Kentucky and Southern...
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Free screenings of new Kentucky colon-cancer documentary, plus Q and A, are scheduled in Louisville, Lexington and Hazard
The Colon Cancer Prevention Project is premiering its new documentary, “Catching a Killer: Colon Cancer in the Bluegrass,” in three select cities, before it starts airing on KET this summer....