obesity

FRONT Public Health 

Obesity Prevention and Weight Loss a Community Effort

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Brian Boisseau, CHFS, DPH, DPQI activity opportunity, bariatric, barrier, behavior therapy portion of weight loss, CHFS, determinant, diabetes, DPQI, evidence-based, evidence-based program, first-line strategy, Frankfort, FRANKFORT excess weight, harsh picture, harsh picture of the consequence of obesity, image001 Brian Boisseau, impact of obesity, individual medical cost burden, initial weight loss, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky physical activity, lifestyle, lifestyle change program, line evidence-based weight loss strategy, long-term weight loss success, national diabetes prevention program, NHLBI, NHLBI obesity education initiative, nutrition, nutrition program, nutritious food, obesity, obesity prevention, overall population health, person 's risk of develop type 2 diabetes, person of normal weight, physical activity, physical activity opportunity, population health, public health, public health initiative, quality-of-life outcome, SDOH, social determinant, social determinant of health, strategy, success of initial weight loss, surgery, therapy, type 2, type 2 diabetes, weight loss success, weight loss surgery, weight-loss, wide range of health

FRANKFORT Excess weight and obesity are serious threats to the health and wellbeing of many people. In Kentucky, over 36%

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GHP Ad Special Section 

Teachable Moments

March 1, 2020September 8, 2020 Jim Kelsey Abdul Jabbar, acid reflux come, advanced GI procedure, Albany, Barrett, Barrett 's esophagus, big deal, chief medical resident, comprehensive GI care, cut edge treatment, edge treatment, endoscopy, esophageal cancer, esophagus, fecal incontinence, Gastroenterologist Matthew McCollough, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Gastroenterology health partner, GHP, GI, GI care, GI procedure, Gil Dunn Matthew McCollough, good GI care, help people 's quality, help people 's quality of life, image001 photo, incontinence, Indiana location, internal medicine residency, InterStim®, life change, Louisville, Louisville school, Matthew McCollough, McCollough, McCollough 's fellow partner, medicine residency, new Albany, obesity, one-on-one conversation, pathology lab, people 's quality, presence of a former colleague, reflux, scope of care, Southern Indiana resident, tailbone, teachable moment, university of Louisville school of medicine

NEW ALBANY, IN Like all physicians, Matthew McCollough, MD, completed years of education and training before reaching his current position

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Special Section 

Close to His Heart

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Jim Kelsey Avi Eres, balloon technique, become co-owner, become co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, begin of the story, blockage, busy hospital, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, central Tel Aviv, co-owner, co-owner of Kentucky cardiology, Daniel Boone clinic, drug-coated stents, early balloon technique, early love of medicine, end of the story, endovascular technique, Eres, groin, heart care, heart disease, high prevalence, high prevalence of coronary disease, high prevalence of obesity, improvement of cardiac care, interventional cardiology fellowship, Kentucky, Kentucky cardiology, Lexington, Md., medical school, Mubashir Qazi, obesity, open heart surgery, open-heart, patient-centered, PLLC, prevalence, prevalence of extreme case, preventative, preventative therapy, private practice, single blockage, stent, stents, Stents offered good expansion, Stents offered good expansion of the vessel, surgery, technology of drug-coated stents, trans-radial

LEXINGTON You could say it was in his blood. With a mother who was a nurse, Avi Eres, MD, was

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Public Health Special Section 

Guidelines for a Healthy Diet

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, MPH active live component, available drink water, breastfeeding component, candy bar call, childhood education, component of a recent grant, Connie White, decent amount of fiber, deputy commissioner, deputy commissioner of the department, deputy commissioner of the KY department, disease control, early childhood education, easy choice, entree, food service establishment, food service guideline, food service guideline component, grain-rich, grain-rich food, guideline, health equity, healthy choice, healthy diet, healthy eat option, healthy food, healthy food service guideline, healthy option, image002 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky physical activity, KY department, Ky., lean protein entree, level of a worksite, local food service establishment, nutrition, nutrition grant, nutrition program, obesity, option, physical activity, plant-based protein, protein entree, public health, safe food option, social determinant of health, span grant, state health department 's physical activity, statewide obesity, sugar-sweetened soda, sustained support, three-pronged approach, twinge of guilt, US center, vegetable option, voluntary good business practice, wellness of employee

We’ve all been there. It’s a busy day at work, you didn’t have time to pack something before rushing out

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Special Section 

Big Advancements Save the Smallest Patients

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Donna Ison abnormality, big advancement, Charles Mahlinger, Charles Mahlinger fetal echocardiogram, Charles Mahlinger Thomas Tabb, delivery, diabetes, echocardiogram, echocardiograms, extraordinary advancement, fetal echo, fetal echocardiogram, fetal echocardiograms, fetal heart disease, fetus, field of perinatology, gynecology, heart disease, hypertension, image001 photo, image002 photo, incidence, Kentucky, lupus, management of disease, maternal part, Maternal-Fetal, Maternal-Fetal medicine, maternal-fetal medicine department, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, McMaster, McMaster university, medical director of the maternal-fetal medicine department, medicine, mother 's exist health problem, obesity, obstetrics, Owensboro, Owensboro health, perinatology, pregnant patient, pregnant woman, protocol review, risk factor, Tabb, Tabb care, Thomas Tabb, ultrasound, ultrasound equipment, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Tennessee

OWENSBORO With forty years in the field of perinatology, Thomas Tabb, MD, has seen extraordinary advancements, both in technology and

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Headlines 

KMA 2019 Annual Meeting: “Moving Medicine, Together for Tomorrow”

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff A., additional initiative, additional initiative of the foundation, anti-physician, bountiful presentation, bountiful presentation of information, Brent Wright, C., CEO of the foundation, Chandler, chief federal law enforcement officer, Coleman, compel performance, department 's deep respect, department 's investigation, e-cigs, Facebook, forum, foundation 's new effort, foundation 's public service TV ad campaign, foundation 's success, Gil Dunn, healthcare fraud, healthy Kentucky, high prescription rate, host of KET 's, ijustdidn’tknow.org, Kentucky, Kentucky 's western district, Kentucky health, Kentucky medical association, KET, KET 's town hall forum, KMA, KMA president, KMA trustee, law enforcement officer, legitimate medical need, Marriott east, medical community, move medicine, new KMA president, obesity, obesity prevention, old Claire, Opioid, Opioid misuse, opioids, outside of the medical community, past president, photo, physician, prescription rate, R., Russell Coleman, Schott, service TV ad campaign, session, small vaping device, social medium, status of public health, target tobacco, tobacco-free school district, trustee, US attorney, vaping, vaping device, vaping product, video of the foundation 's public service TV ad campaign, welcome remark, whistleblower complaint

LOUISVILLE The Kentucky Medical Association’s Annual Meeting, held September 20–22, 2019 at the Marriott East, was a bountiful presentation of

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Mental Wellness 

The Problem with Intimacy

September 1, 2019October 28, 2019 Jan Anderson, PSYD, LPCC alcohol consumption, being benefit, closeness, cognitive distortion, cultural tendency, dangerous little bugger, degree of distance, distortion, distressed mother, emotional risk, empower way, feel safe, golf, good chance of intimacy, good character trait, handy way, herd, herd animal, high risk, human being benefit, human condition, intimacy, lesson, like herd animal, lone wolf, lone wolf mentality, lonely mother, meaningful connection, mentality, new thought structure, obesity, painful awareness, reality, reality of the human condition, relationship quicksand, skill, skill memory, tactics, think error, timeworn tactics, universal law, universal law of relationship, vulnerability, weak-minded individual, wolf, wolf mentality

“We’re not close.” That was the elegantly simple way a distressed mother tearfully described her relationships with her grown children.

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Special Section 

Forgotten No Longer

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Jim Kelsey adequate patient population, APRN, Care, Care center, care provider, center 's operation, center 's rapid early growth, Cesario, chamber, chi, chi saint, clinical nurse manager, foot ulcer, forgotten population, Gil Dunn, heal process, home health, hyperbaric chamber, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph London, lack of wound care, Lawson, Mary Ann Payne, Matthew Lawson, Matthew Lawson estimate, medical climate, medical director, medical director of the wound, new wound, nurse, nurse manager, obesity, orthopedics, Payne, photo, projected growth potential, provider, RN, specialized care, subspecialty, ulcer, wound, wound care

LONDON In a medical climate where specialized care is increasingly the norm, it might come as some surprise that there

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Special Section 

Tackling a Head-to-Toe Disease

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Maggie McCombs amount of work patient, Anna Culver, Bardstown, Bardstown 's chi saint, Bardstown board-certified surgeon, bariatric, bariatric nurse coordinator, bariatric surgery, bariatric surgery work, BSN, chi, chi saint, clinic, clinic 's surgeon, clinic provider, combined love, combined love of technical skill, Culver, education program, exceptional staff, exercise change patient, FACS, Farrell, fat percentage, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Flaget memorial hospital, Gil Dunn Anna Culver, Gil Dunn Hannah Moore, Gil Dunn Robert Farrell, Hannah Moore, head-to-toe disease, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, Kentucky PA, Kentucky PA program, LD, longer-term result, Louisville school, maintained weight reduction, McKendree college, memorial staff, Moore, MSPAS, native Kentuckian, necessary lifestyle change, nurse, obesity, operate room nurse, PA program, PA-C, patient education program, patient seek surgery, patient success, persistent medical myth, photo, post-operation, procedure, provider, rd, RN, Robert Farrell, room nurse, support group participant, surgeon, surgery, sustainable health, university of Kentucky PA program, university of Louisville school of medicine, weight loss procedure, weight loss surgery, weight loss surgery clinic, weight loss surgery program, weight loss surgery serve, work patient

BARDSTOWN Board-certified surgeon, Robert Farrell, MD, FACS, leads the Weight Loss Surgery program at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Kentucky,

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News News & Events 

News – Dec 2018

December 1, 2018December 28, 2018 MD-Update Staff A grade, A., accreditation, accreditation program, advanced laparoscopic, American college, American Gastroenterological association, arthritis, baptist health, bariatric, bariatric surgery, Blair, blood flow, board-certified, board-eligible, breast, breast center, breast disease, breast program, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer center, CDC, CDC recognition, center accreditation, chief resident, clinic, Daryl Nisbett, diabetes, diabetes prevention program, disease control, disease management, doctor, doctor of medicine, family medicine, fellowship, gastroenterological, Gastroenterological association, gastroenterology, general surgery, Grade, hospital safety, image001 Mathis, injection, Inova Fairfax medical center, internal medicine, J., James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Kendrick, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne surgical associate, Kim, laparoscopic, leapfrog, leapfrog group, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington clinic, Lexington Rachel Mathis, Lifeline®, Lifeline® heart attack, Lifeline® heart attack receive center accreditation, Louisiana state university, Louisville, Mathis, MD-UPDATE, Md., medical degree, medicine, NAPBC, NAPBC accreditation, national conference, News, News item, obesity, obesity center, oncology, osteopathic medicine, physician, prevention, recognition, residency, resident education, resident research award, rheumatology, safety, Sizemore, specialist, surgery, surgical associate, surgical education, surgical fellowship, U, undergraduate, undergraduate degree, university of Kentucky, wellness

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Physicians Join KentuckyOne Surgical Associates in Lexington LEXINGTON Rachel Mathis, MD, has

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