prevention

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Dr. Jones Speaks: “Going on Offense Against Cancer”

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey advanced fellowship, Alexandra Rogers, American cancer society achievement award, Ashok Kapur, biliary endoscopy, bulb moment, cancer, cancer society achievement award, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, colorectal screen, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, dad, detection, diverse group of leader, Dr. Jones Speaks, early detection, early screen, embrace preventative, endoscopic, endoscopy, Endoscopy associate, esophageal cancer, family risk, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology physician practice, genetic test, GHP, GI-related, health insurance, health system change, healthcare, high rate of incidence, history of community involvement, image001 photo, image002 photo, impact of the colon cancer prevention project, improved state, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky cancer foundation, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, large private gastroenterology physician practice, Laszlo Makk, lifestyle issue, light bulb moment, Louisville, Midwest Gastroenterology, Midwest Gastroenterology associate, mix of healthcare, obvious passion, partner, photo, polyp, practice model, preventative, prevention, project 's advisory committee, purpose of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, screen, single great behavioral lifestyle issue, small independent practice model, state 's improvement, survivor support, Texas southwestern medical school, therapeutic biliary endoscopy, university of Texas southwestern medical school, Whitney Jones, work of the state

“We spend a lot of money on healthcare and health insurance. The problem is, we’re not spending enough on prevention.”—

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Special Section 

Unifying Force

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, Colorectal surgery associate, commonwealth 's health, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, decrease disparity, disparity, Gastroenterology health partner, Gil Dunn Wayne Tuckson, healthcare, healthcare disparity, healthcare outcome, healthcare system, high rate of incidence, Howard university college, Howard university college of medicine, humble colorectal surgeon, image001 photo, IQ, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Kentucky health, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, launch of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Louisville, normal body function, ongoing work of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, outcome, people of low socio-economic status, prevention, send patient, surgeon, survivor support, Tuckson, unify force, Wayne Tuckson, Whitney, Whitney Jones

LOUISVILLE From the first moment that Wayne Tuckson, MD, colorectal surgeon at KentuckyOne Health Colorectal Surgery Associates in Louisville, speaks,

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Headlines 

The Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, MPH 100% tobacco, 3% strength, 5% JUUL pod, aerosol, aerosol cloud, aerosol exposure, alternative nicotine product, American journal, Ask young, benefit of e-cigarettes, cannabis, CDC website, cigarette, cigarette use, cigarette user, cigarettes.3, contain nicotine salt, conventional cigarette user, discrete aerosol cloud, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette product, e-cigarette user, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, electronic cigarette use, electronic hookah, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, fact healthcare provider, flavored product.2, Frankfort, free help, grade e-cigarette use, health promotion section, https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/., https://smokefree.gov/or, https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html, image001 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, image002 photo credit line, JUUL, JUUL pod, Kentucky, Kentucky incentive, Kentucky tobacco prevention, liquid contain nicotine, new generation of tobacco product, new pod-based product, nicotine, nicotine equivalent, nicotine product, nicotine salt, non-e-cigarette, old generation of e-cigarettes, package of cigarettes.3, photo credit line, pod, pod-based, pod-based device, pod-based product, pod-based system, prevention, prevention survey, product.2, risk of secondhand smoke, risk of tobacco use, secondhand aerosol exposure, Smok®, Suorin, surgeon general 's e-cigarette, teen, tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco use, US surgeon general, use e-cigarettes, users.4, users.5, users.5 e-cigarette aerosol, vape, vape pen, vapor product, worried parent, youth, youth tobacco use

FRANKFORT The US Surgeon General has declared electronic cigarette use an epidemic among youth because of an unprecedented rise in

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Code Sepsis

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Gil Dunn A., acute hemispheric stroke, adopt code sepsis, antimicrobial lab, antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial stewardship program, asp, bedside staff, blood culture, BS, bug-to-drug, bug-to-drug mismatch, care emergency facility, care unit, cath lab, certification, certification award, chi, chi saint, CIC, clinical parameter, clinical pharmacy specialist, code sepsis, code sepsis protocol, commission 's sepsis, commission sepsis certification, control committee, Dana Stephens, detection, disease consultant, draw blood culture, early detection, effective marker, emergency, emergency room, epidemiologist, ER door, FAPIC, hospital epidemiologist, image001 photo, inadequate tissue profusion, infection, infection control, infection prevention, infectious disease, joint commission 's sepsis, joint commission sepsis certification, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital, Judd, Kennedy, Kentucky, lactic acid level, Lexington, Lexington infectious disease consultant, market director, MDRO, MDROs, MT, patient 's therapy, patient mortality rate, patient outcome, pharmacy, pharmacy specialist, PharmD, photo, prevention, protocol, rapid administration of antibiotic, reaction time response, resistant organism, result of year of plan, RMD, rooftop, sepsis, sepsis certification, sepsis committee, septic shock, severe sepsis, stewardship, stewardship program, suspected site of infection, tertiary care emergency facility, Tim Webb Charles, Tim Webb Charles A., tissue profusion, university of Washington school of medicine, volume resuscitation

LEXINGTON About ten years ago, Charles A. Kennedy, MD, hospital epidemiologist at Saint Joseph Hospital, queried, “If we can take

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Complementary Care 

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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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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Holiwell Health Offers Patients Relief from Chronic Disease

January 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Holly Hinson academic consortium, acupuncture, adverse childhood experience, artery disease, Asian medical practitioner, Ballard, Ballard 's increase focus, Bardstown, Bardstown primary care, Bardstown primary care office, care office, chef, chronic condition, chronic disease, chronic pain, classic example, client, clinic, collective focus, coronary artery disease, Deborah Ann Ballard, diabetes, disappoint reality, endocrinology, endocrinology practice, gourmet, gourmet chef, great sack full, great sack full of drug, heal body, health coach, healthy food, holistic care, holistic feature, Holiwell, Holiwell health, hypertension, included physician, instructor, integrate healthcare, integrative medicine, integrative medicine practice, integrative medicine provider, integrative medicine specialist, integrative therapy, internal medicine, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, l-r, lack of sense of purpose, lifestyle, lifestyle approach, lifestyle center, lifestyle medicine, Louisville, Louisville clinic, marriage therapist, massage, massage therapy, medicine, medicine practice, medicine provider, medicine specialist, member of the kentuckiana, Norton, Norton cancer institute, Norton cancer prevention program, number look, outrageous cost, pain, personal health, photo, physical activity, physician, Pilates instructor, practitioner, prevention, public health strategy, Rob Densmore Holiwell, Rob Densmore Holiwell health, root cause of chronic disease, see patient, sense of purpose, side effect of the drug, St. Matthews, St. Matthews neighborhood, staff of integrative medicine provider, stress, teach kitchen, therapist, therapy, toxin, traditional western medicine, type 2, type 2 diabetes, wellness, wellness chef, yoga, yoga instructor

LOUISVILLE For Deborah Ann Ballard, MD, MPH, “Lifestyle is medicine.” With this philosophy in mind, Ballard, who is credentialed in

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Cardiology Heart & Lung Special Section 

Perfecting Prevention

April 1, 2017July 17, 2017 Jim Kelsey 100 % quality score, ACOs, biventricular, Bowling, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular care, care organization, care plan, care rate, Chhabra, clinic, defibrillator, devised treatment plan, Dr. Graves, effort of the clinic, electrophysiology, engaged patient, forefront of medicine, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert 's preventative, Graves Gilbert clinic, health of the community, high risk, high-risk procedure, important intervention, integration of the primary care, intervention, interventional cardiologist, interventional cardiology, Lin, low cost care, Medicare, Medicare accountable Care organization, Medicare cost, minute of conversation, MRI, Mt. Sinai hospital, multispecialty, ounce of prevention, perfect prevention, photo, physician, physician-owned, physician-owned multispecialty clinic, pound of cure, preventative, preventative population medicine, prevention, prevention plan, preventive treatment plan, procedure, quality of care rate, quality score, rehab, rehab center, Roy, Sandeep Chhabra, tangible save, TAVR, team approach, treatment plan, unique structure of Graves Gilbert, value of prevention, worth thousand

BOWLING GREEN The saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” A more practical way of

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Diabetes Prevention and Education

February 1, 2017 Megan Whitmer affiliate, affiliate of the Joslin diabetes center, Albany, Albany 's Joslin, amputation, baptist health, blindness, blood sugar, CDC, combine insulin pump technology, complication, continuous glucose monitor, diabetes, diabetes center, diabetes educator, diabetes prevention, diabetes treatment, disease process, DPP, educator, entire spectrum of endocrinology, glucose monitor, group start, IND, Joslin, Joslin diabetes center, Joslin diabetes center affiliate, Joslin diabetes center stay, Lohano, medical director, medical director of the Joslin diabetes center, medical group, medication, new Albany, new Albany 's Joslin, new technology advancement, nurse, patient need, physician, prediabetes, premiere diabetes center, prevention, renal failure, technology side, technology side of diabetes treatment, therapy, top of research, US adult, Vasdev Lohano, year-long

NEW ALBANY, IN The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 29 million adults in the

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The Next Era in Stroke Prevention

September 1, 2016 Melissa Zoeller AF, AF-induced, AF-induced stroke, anticoagulation, appendage, atrial fibrillation, atrium, blood thinner, breakthrough stroke risk reduction option, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiologist, cardiology, clot, director of cardiac electrophysiology, Dr. Rakesh Gopinathannair, echocardiographer, electrophysiology, FHRS, fibrillation, Gopinathannair, groin, high risk, interventional cardiologist, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne health cardiology associate, LAA, LAAC, left atrium, long-term anticoagulation, Louisville five, Louisville physician, new era, new era of stroke prevention, next level, next level of stroke prevention, non-valvular, physician, prevention, Rakesh Gopinathannair, stroke, stroke prevention, stroke-causing, stroke-causing blood clot, thinner, university of Louisville physician, upper chamber, upper chamber of the atrium, upper chamber of the heart, warfarin, watchman

LOUISVILLE Five million people in the United States suffer from atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition where the upper chambers

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