Could your kids power the electrical grid, if you could only figure out how to tap that energy? Someday, all the hours spent cooped up at home will be a memory, not a daily reality. But if your children are bouncing off the walls with schools and day care still closed and summer coming, here are five active ideas to safely channel their energy. Pandemic or not, preschoolers benefit from active play throughout the day, and children ages 6 to 17 should...
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Saturday, May 30, 2020
Virus cases are elevated for 2nd straight day in Ky., but Beshear attributes pattern to heavy testing in long-term-care facilities
Anonymous cell-phone tracking gauges mobility as the economy reopens. Selected counties' numbers are shown; all are available on an interactive map from The Washington Post, with a story; click here.
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance...
Friday, May 29, 2020
Can forest therapy enhance health and well-being?
The beauty of the outdoors naturally encourages people to go outside, inhale fresh air, listen to the birds, take a walk, or watch the wind animate the branches of the steadfast neighboring trees. The pull toward the natural world is present even in normal times. Now, as we’re confined indoors by the coronavirus pandemic, often spending hours in front of inanimate screens, the urge to be outside is ever more acute. One way to satisfy these urges...
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Most of Kentucky's Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinic are testing for the coronavirus; anyone can get a test
By David Bolt
CEO, Kentucky Primary Care Association
The covid-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of health-care providers, networks and collaborations in our local communities. In particular, the Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Rural Health Clinics (RHC) are providing essential services to help keep our...
Can celiac disease affect life expectancy?
Celiac disease (CD), triggered by the ingestion of gluten, occurs in people genetically predisposed to develop the chronic autoimmune condition.
During the past few decades, doctors have learned much about how the disease develops, including genetic and other risk factors. However, results from studies on whether people with CD have an increased risk of premature death linked to the condition have been mixed. A recent study shows a small but statistically...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
400 Kentuckians have died of covid-19; Beshear confronts the politics of masks and resistance of some local officials to testing
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
On the day when the national covid-19 death toll passed 100,000, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that with the addition of six new deaths, Kentucky's toll from the pandemic has hit 400.
"Let's all acknowledge that losing 400 people to anything, at any time, for any reason, isn't OK," Beshear said at his daily briefing. "Let's just remember that we've lost 400 Kentuckians, and this thing isn't over yet."
The...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Coronavirus cases decline, but more nursing homes are infected, and Kentuckians' behavior and attitude worry health officials
Kentucky Health News chart shows daily cases and the trendline for the last two weeks.
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov.
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
Amid an encouraging decline in Kentucky coronavirus...
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Protesters hang Beshear in effigy, sparking bipartisan rebuke
Photo by Sarah Ladd, Courier Journal, via Twitter
Protesters hung Gov. Andy Beshear in effigy from a tree across from the governor's mansion and took their demonstration to its front porch, prompting objections from Kentucky politicians of both parties Sunday.
The event started as a Second Amendment rally "but turned...
Why wear a mask in public? Because you may have the coronavirus and not know it, and it's highly contagious
President Trump wore a mask on a private tour of a Ford plant Thursday but refuses to do so in public.
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
Wearing a mask when out in public is even more important as Kentucky reopens its economy, medical professionals advise. Many Kentuckians are skeptical.
Rebecca Dutch,...
Saturday, May 23, 2020
No deaths from covid-19 in Ky. for the first time in 1½ months
Kentucky Heath News chart shows that cases trended up this week, but the two-week trendline, a key federal metric used to guide states in reopening their economies, is down.
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov.
“For...
Friday, May 22, 2020
Beshear says virus is declining in Kentucky, but he and health chief warn that might not continue 'if we take our eye off the ball'
Johns Hopkins University chart shows how Kentucky testing is up and positive results are down.
By Al Cross
Kentucky Health News
Gov. Andy Beshear declared for the first time Friday that the coronavirus is declining in Kentucky, but he and his health commissioner warned of a possible resurgence as the Memorial...
Reducing your risk of changes in thinking following surgery
Cognition is an important function of the brain that enables us to acquire and process information, to enhance our understanding of thoughts, experiences, and our senses. Any condition that affects our ability to think, reason, memorize, or be attentive affects our cognitive ability. Some cognitive decline is a normal part of aging, but there are many things you can do to prevent or forestall cognitive changes as you age, including when planning...
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Avoid single patient, single source COVID-19 stories – especially on “cures”
This is a lesson for news readers from Fargo to Duluth to Toronto and places in between and beyond. The lesson is that you can’t jump to conclusions based on news stories about a single patient, or about a single researcher’s belief in a cure.
Single anecdote stories
There simply isn’t much you can say about apparent...
