Need a last-minute gift idea? Make one of these bread recipes. When you put love into cooking, that's way more meaningful (and delicious) than buying a traditional gi...
Thursday, April 30, 2020
What Really Goes Down During Your Menstrual Cycle
Whether or not youu2019re trying to get pregnant, knowing when an egg is present is a u201cgood to know.u201d Hereu2019s the rundown on all four stages of menstruation and what symptoms you can expect during ea...
Can You Actually Increase Your Height
Here are a few factors that may help you maximize your height before puberty, and how to appear taller after you're done growi...
Losing Your Lady Locks? Try These 14 Hair Loss Treatment
Genetics or an underlying condition could be the root of female hair loss. Here are 14 treatments and remedies that may help your thinning ha...
Letu2019s Play 21 Questions... About Our Future After COVID-1
You could sit and wait it out. Or you could sit and wonder about how things need to chan...
Nipple Orgasms: What Are They and How Do I Get One
Stimulating the nipples can give you an orgasm because it's an erogenous zone. Hereu2019s everything you need to know about nipple orgas...
Chafing: The Complete Guide to Avoid the Dreaded Bur
Chafing is a red, painful, and sometimes bumpy rash that can affect many areas of the body. If you do any friction-creating activity, you could be prone to chafing. Here's how to treat and prevent chafi...
This Familyu2019s u201cQuarantine Olympicsu201d Is Exactly What You Need to Survive Pandemic Boredo
Every night at 10 p.m., we tune in and our spirits are lifted a little high...
Bogged Down By Negative News? Ground Yourself with a Gratitude Journa
Research shows practicing regular gratitude can help us feel more optimistic about life, improve our sleep, might support immune function, and helps us appreciate the present. The best part is, itu2019s easy to start. All you need is pen and pap...
Donu2019t Call It a Diet: 10 Gold Star Plan
These are the 10 best diets for for almost every weight loss and health goal. What makes them the best? They're sustainable, they're not super restrictive, and they put health and feeling good fir...
14 Portable Breakfasts You Can Make in a Muffin Ti
Muffin tins are perfect for prepping bite-size breakfasts, whether youu2019re keto, gluten-free, paleo, or vegetarian. Consider them essential when youu2019re running out the door every weekday morning, or just donu2019t feel like cooki...
Rural areas are the new hotspots around the country; Norton trying therapies; plasma's helped several critically ill patients
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov.
Big cities and major urban areas have seen the greatest number of coronavirus deaths, but a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis finds the growth rate is now higher...
COVID-19 and the LGBTQ+ community: Rising to unique challenges
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, new challenges arise each day for people across the world. Some of these challenges particularly affect the LGBTQ+ community. This unique time calls for LGBTQ+-specific resources and new ways to connect and cope.
Minority stress in the LGBTQ+ community
Unrelated to COVID-19, this community faces minority stress based on anti-LGBTQ+ stigma that is harmful for their health and well-being (see key articles here and...
Weight loss can help head off lasting damage caused by fatty liver
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common cause of liver disease in the United States, and is estimated to affect up to a quarter of adults in the world. It is defined by excess fat accumulating in the liver and usually occurs in people with obesity, high blood sugars (diabetes), abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels, or high blood pressure. These disorders often run together and as a group are called metabolic syndrome. The “non-alcoholic”...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The COVID-19 research news rollercoaster is running again: STAT News + Gilead’s remdesivir
This morning, STAT News reported:
The story begins:
A government-run study of Gilead’s remdesivir, perhaps the most closely watched experimental drug to treat the novel coronavirus, showed that the medicine is effective against Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Gilead made the announcement in a statement Wednesday,...
Study shows drug can reduce length and severity of covid-19 cases, but difference in the death rate is statistically insignificant
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov.
A preliminary study of the drug remdesivir shows that it can speed recovery from covid-19 and lessen its severity. "What it has proven is that drug can block this virus," said Dr. Anthony...
Harvard Health AdWatch: An arthritis ad in 4 parts
Perhaps you’ve grown as weary as I have of repeated arthritis ads. They appear in frequent rotation on television, online, and in magazines, promoting Enbrel, Humira, Otezla, Xeljanz, and others.
If you’ve actually read or listened to these ads, you might have felt perplexed at certain points. Here’s a quick rundown on what they’re saying — and not saying — in one of those ads.
“The clock is ticking”
Part 1: A teakettle whistles on the stove and...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Looking past the pandemic: Could building on our willingness to change translate to healthier lives?
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that people have the capacity to change entrenched behaviors when the stakes are high enough. Who among us declared that 2020 would be the year for us to perfect the practice of physical distancing? Although we were clueless about pandemic practices a mere three months ago, we’ve adopted this new habit to avoid getting or spreading the virus. But what about other unhealthy behaviors that have...
Covid-19 update: Attorney General Cameron says Beshear's order banning interstate travel by Kentuckians is unconstitutional
Beshear and Cameron at the latter's appointment
Attorney General Daniel Cameron says in a federal-court filing that Gov. Andy Beshear's order banning interstate travel by Kentuckians is unconstitutional.
Cameron filed a motion in a lawsuit that was started by a woman in Campbell County, which borders Ohio, against...
More sexual partners, more cancer?
Two headlines caught my eye recently:
The relationship between chronic diseases and number of sexual partners: an exploratory analysis
and
Study warns more sex might mean higher likelihood for cancer
It may be hard to believe, but both of these refer to same medical research. I’m not sure which one I like better. The first one is the actual title of the research, which provides no information about its findings. The second one is a newspaper headline....
New radiation therapies keep advanced prostate cancer in check
Treatments for prostate cancer are always evolving, and now research is pointing to new ways of treating a cancer that has just begun to spread, or metastasize, after initial surgery or radiation. Doctors usually give hormonal therapies in these cases to block testosterone, which is a hormone that makes the cancer grow faster. But newer evidence shows that treating the metastatic tumors directly with radiation can produce better results.
In March,...
Monday, April 27, 2020
7 tips for going outside safely with your children during the COVID-19 pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, getting outside can be a great idea for both the physical and mental health of you and your family. But as with everything else these days, going outside needs to be done safely. Here are my top seven tips for what you need to think about as you put on your shoes and head outdoors.
Be careful about what you touch as you go outside or return home. For those who live in single-family homes this isn’t a big deal, but if...
Caring for your lungs, including avoiding tobacco smoke and e-cig aerosol, can help protect you from coronavirus, professors write
By Ellen Hahn and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli
Professor & director, and associate professor, BREATHE, University of Kentucky
The novel coronavirus attacks our airways, making it difficult to breathe. It is particularly important to take special care of our lungs during the pandemic and beyond. Caring for our lungs can help us better avoid and fight this infection.
Most Kentuckians have heeded the pleas by our governor to practice social distancing,...
With kids at home, now's a good time to get them to quit using electronic cigarettes; state has programs designed for teenagers
A message from "This is Quitting"
Adolescents and teenagers are spending much more time at home while schools are closed, so this seems like a good time for parents and caregivers to help those who use electronic cigarettes to quit that habit.
Kentucky offers two free programs specifically targeted to teens:
"This...
46 rural hospitals in Ky. to share $3.88 million from CARES Act
Forty-six rural hospitals in Kentucky will share almost $3.9 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The Center of Excellence in Rural Health, part of the University of Kentucky, will distribute $3,878,582 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration.
“I’ll continue working to help provide resources...
Is angioplasty plus stenting or coronary artery bypass surgery better for treating left main coronary artery disease?
One of the most dangerous places to have a coronary blockage is in the left main coronary artery. Why is a blockage there so precarious?
To answer that, let’s start with some basic cardiac anatomy. The two major coronary arteries — the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart — are the left and right coronary arteries. The left main coronary artery (LMCA) is the very first portion of the left coronary artery. It provides oxygenated blood to most...
Covid-19 update: Eight people from various interests to discuss reopening Ky. economy on KET's 'Kentucky Tonight' at 8 p.m. ET
Renee Shaw
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov.
The overwhelming question for Kentucky and the rest of the nation, when to reopen the economy, will be the topic of "Kentucky Tonight" on KET at 8 p.m. Host Renee...
Sunday, April 26, 2020
46% of Ky. covid-19 deaths in long-term-care facilities, higher than other states; protective gear, testing and staffing are concerns
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
With 46 percent of Kentucky's covid-19 deaths occurring in long-term care facilities, up from 32% just a week ago, nursing homes continue to be a tinderbox for the coronavirus. That has prompted state officials to ramp up testing and to create a Long-Term Care Task Force charged with...
