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Kentucky’s Link to Prevention

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Melissa Karrer cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer screen, colonoscopies, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer rank, continued barrier, flower clinic, free colonoscopy, high out-of-pocket expense, insurance, introduction of the Kentucky colon cancer screen program, KCCSP, KCCSP advisory committee meet, KDPH, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky 's link, Kentucky CancerLink, Kentucky colon cancer, Kentucky colon cancer screen program, Kentucky rank number, Kentucky resident, little flower clinic, Livingston county hospital, Ohio county hospital, out-of-pocket, out-of-pocket expense, patient navigation, Pennyrile district, primary function of KCCSP, problem of colon cancer, provider, screen, surveillance colonoscopy

  Kentucky ranks number one in cancer overall in the nation and is among the highest of the states in

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The Health of the Commonwealth

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Mac Stone $6–8, 000, Achilles heel of big food 's cheap food, agriculture, big blue nation, big food, big food 's cheap food, big food colonizer, committed consumer, consolidation of food supplier, control of the genetics, corn season, CSA, CSA farm share, CSA shareholder, decentralized food system build strength, diet-related, diet-related disease, diet-related health problem, differ seed catalog, diverse seed bank, economy 3, Elmwood, Elmwood stock farm, farm level, farm share, farm stop deliver, financial side of the equation, fingerprint, fistful of international vegetable company, food colonizer, food system build strength, great game plan, health of the commonwealth, healthy commonwealth, high incidence of diet-related health problem, housemates, image001 image002, image001 image002 photo, insidious disease, integrated pork, international vegetable company, Kentucky, Kentucky farm share coalition, Lexington farmer market, Lexington home, little organism, local agrarian footprint, local food movement, local sweet corn season, lousy food choice, Mac, Mac stone, month 's supply of food, national organic standard board, never-before-seen technology, pesticide jug, population of native people, produce genetics, regenerative farm, Sarah Jane Sanders, seed, seed catalog, shallow gene pool, source local, standard board, stock, trained worker, vegetable, vegetable company, veil of differ seed catalog

GEORGETOWN The genesis of these writings was watching people we know and love make lousy food choices, which in turn

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Vaping and E-Cigarettes Add to Lung Disease

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Elizabeth A. Hoagland, CHFS, DPH, DPQI adult, CDC, cough, curious cluster, curious cluster of case, diarrhea, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette use, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, EVALI, Frankfort, healthcare, healthcare provider, injury, Kentucky, Kentucky department, local investigation, long-term health impact, lung, lung injury, marijuana, marijuana extract, marijuana use, national investigation, nausea, nicotine, probable case of lung injury, product use-associated lung injury, provider, public health, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, THC, tobacco, tobacco product, use e-cigarettes, use-associated, vapes, vaping

FRANKFORT You’ve seen them in stores and on billboards on the side of the road, and heard about them on

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Hope for a Cure

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Laura Ross breast, breast cancer, breast cancer research, cancer, cancer advocate, color of courage, color of courage event, color of courage feature dinner, courage, courage event, courage feature dinner, cure, diagnosis, diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, founder of hope scarf, Gil Dunn Lara MacGregor, hope scarf, hope scarf 's color, hope scarf 's color of courage, hope scarf raise, image001 photo, Louisville, Louisville resident, LOUSIVILLE, LOUSIVILLE cancer, MacGregor, meaningful event, Mellwood, Mellwood art, metastatic breast cancer research, native of Wisconsin, people face cancer, personal reaction, scarf, stage IV, stage IV diagnosis, trouble fact

LOUSIVILLE Cancer can be a numbers game. It’s full of statistics no one wants to face, like the troubling fact

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The Role of Sports Chiropractic

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Tamera Tolson, DC, DACBSP® advantage of chiropractic care, apply oxygen, athlete, athlete 's health, CCSP®, certified chiropractic sport physician, chiropractic, chiropractic board, chiropractic sport physician, chiropractor, concussion, DACBSP®, detailed question, Diplomate American chiropractic board, Diplomate American chiropractic board of sport, doctor of chiropractic medicine, exercise, exercise prescription, faulty body mechanics, former athlete, Gil Dunn Tamera Tolson, image001 photo, injury, Kentucky, level of athlete, medicine, neurologist, nutritional need, Olympic elite athlete, orthopedist, over-use injury, patient 's musculoskeletal, physical therapist, physician, physicians-, post-doctoral education, postgraduate classroom hour, PPE, proper orthopedic test, provide excellence, recovery, rehabilitation exercise, role of sport chiropractic, specialization of sport medicine topic, specialized group of chiropractor, spine board, sport chiropractic, sport chiropractor, sport chiropractor work, sport injury diagnosis, sport medicine, sport medicine provider, sport medicine topic, sport physician, sport-specific, state regulation permit, symptom, Tamera Tolson, tee-ball toddler, therapist, treatment of athlete, weakness, written project requirement

LEXINGTON Whether working with an Olympic elite athlete or a tee-ball toddler, sports medicine providers have a huge impact on

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It’s a Miracle Every Time

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Mac Stone abnormal succulence, agriculture, assessment of the animal 's food, assistance on-call, biological principle, capture nutrient, cattle rotation, choreography of organic chemistry, collective condition, collective condition of herd, colonization of the microbiome, colostrum, complex array of pheromone, cow, CSA, dairy cow, diet, diet of the ten of thousand, disease defense mechanism, Elmwood, Elmwood stock farm, farmer, farmer 's call, farmer 's care, flock mate, forage-based, fortified plant, full recovery, GEORGETWON, grow legume, hormonal wave, improve chance, improve chance of a full recovery, input grain-fed system produce, insect, intensive input grain-fed system produce, invasive virus, jolt of colostrum, Kentucky, large volume of heart-healthy milk, livestock type, Mac, Mac stone, maraud insect, microbial life, Microbiome, microscopic insect, milk, mind boggle, miracle, mom, Mom 's belly, muscular gymnastics, organic system produce, perfect food, robust balance, robust balance of microbial life, singular live breathe organism, soil bank, species of good bacterium, sturdy plant, succulence, toxic synthetic fertilizer, underground jungle, unfathomable volume, unfathomable volume of milk, unthrifty plant, vet, veterinary medical assistance on-call, wholesome nutritious leave

GEORGETOWN It’s a miracle every time a baby is born. I am fortunate to have witnessed, even participated in, hundreds

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The Care Collaborative

March 1, 2019March 21, 2019 Allison Merritt, MPH adult, Allison Merritt, behavior, blood pressure, blood pressure zone, Care, Care coach, Care educational encounter, care patient, coach, DPH, easy-to-use tool, educational encounter, encounter, engagement tool, FQHCs, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, health behavior, healthy behavior, heart disease, high burden of hypertension, home visit program, hypertension, hypertension 2, image001 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky heart disease, Kentucky patient, kidney disease 1, lay health professional, lifestyle, lifestyle modification, modification, number five cause, number five cause of death, patient 's blood, patient 's engagement, prevention, risk-reduction, statewide education, stroke, stroke prevention program, tool

As a healthcare professional, you are most likely aware that hypertension is a serious medical condition that increases one’s risk

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Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East Offering New Spiritual Care Partners Program

January 1, 2019February 15, 2019 Mary Branham Bon Secours, Care, Care partner, Care partner program, chaplain, chi saint, Edwin Nighbert, Fred Reinert, great opportunity, image001 photo, Jo Ann Bruce, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph health, Joseph hospital, Kathy Mattone, Kristy Ehlert, l-r, Lexington, Lexington facility, Mattone, Mindy Gajda, new spiritual Care partner program, partner, Reinert, spiritual care, spiritual Care partner, Tom gold, volunteer

LEXINGTON Some volunteers at Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East are taking part in a new pilot program at

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Solutions for a Sound Mind

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Maggie McCombs action change, argentine-native, bilingual professional, CBT, cognitive behavioral cure, cognitive behavioral treatment, collective social isolation, common mental issue, cultural nuance, eight, false sense of self, Gil Dunn Iris Gutierrez, Gutierrez, healthy mindset, high risk of suicide, Hispanic patient population, image001 photo, interpersonal relationship, Iris Gutierrez, Kentucky state program, LCSW, legitimate condition, Lexington argentine-native, licensed therapist, long-lasting relationship, male seek help, medication aid, medium dependence, mental health therapy, mental illness, multiple cognitive therapy technique, nuance, patient community, proper awareness, relationship problem, return patient, sound mind, therapist, therapy, top trigger, true connection, type of psychotherapy, university of San Luis, unwanted behavior pattern, wide variety of clientele, widespread medium dependence

LEXINGTON Argentine-native Iris Gutierrez, LCSW, received her Master’s degree in social work from the University of San Luis in Argentina

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Fighting Cancer with Food

November 1, 2018December 28, 2018 Maggie McCombs adult cancer patient, advanced nutrition study, baptist health, bud baptist health cancer center, cancer, cancer patient, cancer treatment modality, chemotherapy, dietician, dietitian, fight cancer, great risk of cancer patient, health cancer center, image001 photo, impact symptom, individualized plan, LD, Lexington, Lexington Betty Simms, Lexington cancer foundation, MAEd, modality, nutrition, nutrition internship, nutrition-focused, nutrition-focused service line, nutritional impact symptom, nutritional issue, nutritional need, nutritional risk, nutritional status, oncology, oncology dietician help cancer patient, outpatient, outpatient oncology dietitian, painful swallow, Patient-First, Patient-First service, rd, Simms, Simms interview patient, sore mouth, specialized nutritional service, symptom, taste change, type of cancer, type of cancer surgery, type of nutritional risk, variety of nutritional impact symptom

LEXINGTON Betty Simms, MAEd, RD, LD, outpatient oncology dietitian with Baptist Health Lexington, graduated from the University of Kentucky with

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