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- Kentucky Drops To 12th From Fifth In Adult Obesity; Health Official Says Many Programs Have Contributed To This Decrease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has seen a decrease in its adult obesity rate, to 31.6 percent in 2014 from 33.2 percent in 2013, causing it to drop to 12th in the nation for adult obesity from fifth, according to the latest State...
- Wellcare Health Plans Gives Six Kentucky Ymca Programs $50,000 To Combat Childhood Obesity
WellCare Health Plans has gven six Kentucky YMCA programs a total of $50,000 to be used for childhood obesity programs, according to a news release. "Studies show that children and adolescents who are obese are likely to become obese adults who are more...
- Uk's Gill Heart Institute Joins Appalachian Regional Healthcare To Advance Specialty Heart Care In Eastern Kentucky
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the Appalachian Heart Center and UK HealthCare?s Gill Heart Institute announced a new collaboration to deliver cardiovascular care to Eastern Kentuckians, which will extend the UK's sub-specialty care footprint...
- Norton Healthcare Implements A Mobile Application That Allows Doctors To Monitor Patients, Especially Expectant Mothers
Norton Healthcare is the first health-care provider in Kentucky to implement a patient monitoring system that allows obstetricians to monitor expectant mothers while they're in labor via the physician's smart phone or tablet. The real-time...
- September Is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
September has been proclaimed national Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, with President Obama asking Americans to "take action by learning about and engaging in activities that promote healthy eating and greater physical activity by all our nation's...
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Partnership between UK and Norton extended, further defined
They still haven't agreed on how to spell "health care," and don't do it as we do, but the partnership announced last November between UK HealthCare and Norton Healthcare to implement stroke, cancer, transplant, obesity, obstetrics and heart initiatives has been extended and further defined.
"We have worked to identify opportunities for collaboration to improve the access and quality of care for Kentuckians close to their homes while making sure that patients with the most complex medical issues receive the care they need without have to leave the state," said Stephen A. Williams, Norton's president and CEO.
The partnership will establish and extend stroke and obesity education programs; expand teaching programs for UK medical students so they can do a rotation at Norton hospitals; and establish a transplant and specialty clinic in Louisville. Research initiatives in obesity and cancer are also part of the collaboration.
All of the work being done is meant to target what outgoing UK President Lee Todd calls "the Kentucky uglies," the state's most troubling and chronic health issues. According to Business Lexington, Kentucky ranks 15th nationwide in deaths per 100,000 caused by stroke or related disease. Kentucky is in the top five for cancer incidence and leads the country in lung cancer. In 2009, Kentucky's obesity rate was the fourth highest in the country and cost the state about $1.3 billion in health costs. And there is a shortage of obstetricians in the state, with as many as 71 of the state's 120 counties without an obstetrician. (Read more)
- Kentucky Drops To 12th From Fifth In Adult Obesity; Health Official Says Many Programs Have Contributed To This Decrease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has seen a decrease in its adult obesity rate, to 31.6 percent in 2014 from 33.2 percent in 2013, causing it to drop to 12th in the nation for adult obesity from fifth, according to the latest State...
- Wellcare Health Plans Gives Six Kentucky Ymca Programs $50,000 To Combat Childhood Obesity
WellCare Health Plans has gven six Kentucky YMCA programs a total of $50,000 to be used for childhood obesity programs, according to a news release. "Studies show that children and adolescents who are obese are likely to become obese adults who are more...
- Uk's Gill Heart Institute Joins Appalachian Regional Healthcare To Advance Specialty Heart Care In Eastern Kentucky
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the Appalachian Heart Center and UK HealthCare?s Gill Heart Institute announced a new collaboration to deliver cardiovascular care to Eastern Kentuckians, which will extend the UK's sub-specialty care footprint...
- Norton Healthcare Implements A Mobile Application That Allows Doctors To Monitor Patients, Especially Expectant Mothers
Norton Healthcare is the first health-care provider in Kentucky to implement a patient monitoring system that allows obstetricians to monitor expectant mothers while they're in labor via the physician's smart phone or tablet. The real-time...
- September Is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
September has been proclaimed national Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, with President Obama asking Americans to "take action by learning about and engaging in activities that promote healthy eating and greater physical activity by all our nation's...