Dec 24 Health Children Who Eat More Fast Food Have Lower Test Scores, Study Says Children who reported eating fast food throughout the week had lower school test scores compared to classmates who didn’t eat fast food, according to a study by the Ohio State University. The more fast food a group of fifth-grade students ate, the lower the improvement in their test scores in reading, mathematics and science by […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 24 Health Children Who Eat More Fast Food Have Lower Test Scores, Study Says Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 23 Health Feeling Sad This Season? You May Have the Holiday Blues. Sixty-four percent of people report having anxiety and depression during the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Michael Gray, executive director of NAMI in Louisville, said feelings of loneliness, anxiety, tension, depression and fatigue during the holiday season can be related to a number of things, but […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 23 Health Feeling Sad This Season? You May Have the Holiday Blues. Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 22 Health University of Louisville Receives Funding to Prevent Blindness A new grant will support research by the University of Louisville Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded $115,000 to the department. RPB is an organization dedicated to supporting research to develop treatments, preventives and cures for all conditions that damage and destroy sight. Dr. Hank Kaplan, chair of […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 22 Health University of Louisville Receives Funding to Prevent Blindness Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 20 Health Is Kentucky Prepared for an Infectious Disease Outbreak? Yesterday, NPR reported on a study that found many states are not prepared for outbreaks of infectious diseases. The report, Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases, issued failing grades to half of the states and the District of Columbia on 10 measures of preparedness. They looked at state’s efforts to get half the population vaccinated for […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 20 Health Is Kentucky Prepared for an Infectious Disease Outbreak? Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 18 Health Kentuckians Don’t Always Enroll in the Best Health Insurance Option If you passively renewed your health insurance plan this enrollment period through Kynect, you may be one of thousands who are missing out on a cost-saving insurance plan. Carrie Banahan, executive director of Kynect, said about 12,000 qualified Kentucky residents aren’t getting a cost-sharing reduction through the health insurance exchange’s “Silver” plan because they are […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 18 Health Kentuckians Don’t Always Enroll in the Best Health Insurance Option Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 17 Health 100,000-Plus Kentuckians Signed Up For Health Insurance Via Kynect More than 100,000 Kentuckians have renewed or enrolled in health care coverage through Kynect since open enrollment began Nov. 15, said Carrie Banahan, executive director of the state’s health care exchange. Kentucky has had 25,354 new enrollees, Banahan said during a conference call Wednesday with health care exchange directors from New York, California and Washington state. Of […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 17 Health 100,000-Plus Kentuckians Signed Up For Health Insurance Via Kynect Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 17 Health United Healthcare Medical Director Discusses Kentucky’s Health Rankings Kentucky was recently ranked as the 47th healthiest state in the U.S. The state’s low marks were attributed to a high prevalence of smoking, a high percentage of childhood poverty and a high rate of preventable hospitalizations, the report by the United Health Foundation said. Kentucky’s ranking fell from the year before—the state ranked 45th last […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 17 Health United Healthcare Medical Director Discusses Kentucky’s Health Rankings Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 14 Health Time Is Running Out to Sign Up for Health Insurance for Jan. 1 Through Kynect Monday is the last day Kentuckians can use the healthcare exchange Kynect to get insurance effective by Jan. 1. Open enrollment began last month. People who don’t sign up by Monday will have to wait until February or later for their new coverage to begin. As of Monday, the agency has received more than 18,000 […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 14 Health Time Is Running Out to Sign Up for Health Insurance for Jan. 1 Through Kynect Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 12 Health Kentucky’s Child Medicaid Recipients Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs at Double the National Rate Kentucky children who receive Medicaid are prescribed medications to treat mental illness and behavioral issues at double the rate of the national average, according to research from the Child and Adolescent Health Research Design and Support Unit at the University of Louisville. Of the almost 600,000 children receiving Medicaid in Kentucky, 14 percent have been prescribed at […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 12 Health Kentucky’s Child Medicaid Recipients Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs at Double the National Rate Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 12 Health Kentucky’s Child Medicaid Recipients Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs at Double the National Rate Credit Melanie Tata/Creative Commons Kentucky children who receive Medicaid are prescribed medications to treat mental illness and behavioral issues at double the rate of the national average, according to research from the Child and Adolescent Health Research Design and Support Unit at the University of Louisville. Of the almost 600,000 children receiving Medicaid in Kentucky, 14 […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 12 Health Kentucky’s Child Medicaid Recipients Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs at Double the National Rate Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 11 Health Kentucky Ranks 47th in Health, Report Says Kentucky is the 47th healthiest state in the U.S., according to a United Health Foundation report released Thursday. The state’s low marks were attributed to a high prevalence of smoking, a high percentage of childhood poverty and a high rate of preventable hospitalizations, the report said. Mississippi ranked 50th, followed by Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 11 Health Kentucky Ranks 47th in Health, Report Says Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 11 Health FDA Approves Nutritional Labeling in Restaurants, Vending Machines The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved guidelines for nutrition labeling at restaurants and on vending machines. The menu labeling rule, a... By WFPL News Dec 11 Health FDA Approves Nutritional Labeling in Restaurants, Vending Machines WFPL News
Dec 9 Health Report Says Parents Want All Day Care Children Vaccinated; In Kentucky, (Most) Kids Have To Be Yesterday, NPR reported that a poll found that 81 percent of parents say they believe all children in day care should be required to be up to date on... By WFPL News Dec 9 Health Report Says Parents Want All Day Care Children Vaccinated; In Kentucky, (Most) Kids Have To Be WFPL News
Dec 6 Health Kentucky Hospitals Advocate for Smoke-Free Workplaces The U.S. adult smoking rate is at an all-time low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Even still, Kentucky's smoking rate remains... By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 6 Health Kentucky Hospitals Advocate for Smoke-Free Workplaces Ja'Nel Johnson