Whooping cough cases in Northern Kentucky are now at a record level, health officials said Monday. The illness, also known as pertussis, has been reported in the region 172 times since November in Boone, Campbell, Grant, and Kenton Counties, according to the Northern Kentucky Health Department. That exceeds previous outbreaks in 2012 (109 reported cases) […]
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Wellness Wednesday: Go Green!
St. Patrick’s Day: the annual celebration filled with green beer, green eggs and green…everything! In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I challenge you to eat as many greens as possible this week. No, your green beer does not count. Remember our artificial food coloring discussion? I mean fresh or frozen unprocessed vegetables. No, you don’t have […]
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St. Elizabeth Gives $1M Gift to Burlington YMCA
The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati has received a $1 million gift from St. Elizabeth Healthcare to support the new Healthy Living Center at the R.C. Durr YMCA, located in Burlington. The partnership is designed to enrich the patient experience, improve the health of the community, and help reduce the cost of healthcare. “Our newly established […]
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NKY Physician Organizes Donation Drive to Assist Covington Cold Shelter
It started as a small slip-up, when Dr. Patrick Burns, a family medicine practitioner with St. Elizabeth Physicians’ Covington office, forgot Giving Tuesday last December. “My wife and I wanted to participate in the global day of giving, but we were a few days late,” he said. “We had a belated celebration and drove around […]
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Wellness Wednesday: Reset Your Resolutions
Is it just me or does New Year’s Day seem like just yesterday? Reality check: we are 3 months in to 2016. One quarter of the way through 2016. Are you one quarter of the way to your 2016 goals? Odds are, sadly, no. According to the Journal of Clinical Psychology from the University of […]
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Smoking Rates in Northern Kentucky Continue to Be Concern for Health Officials
Northern Kentucky streets and sidewalks are consistently littered with discarded cigarette butts. The volume of smokers in Kentucky ranks the state as third in the nation, and Northern Kentucky contributes heavily to that. 27 percent of Kenton County residents use cigarettes, including high school and middle school students. “We have a long rich history of […]
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NDA Hosting Run/Walk to Help Children in Uganda
Notre Dame Academy’s Uganda Panda Club is hosting a 5K Walk/Run on NDA’s campus in Park Hills on April 3. The Walk/Run starts at 8:30 a.m. for runners and 8:45 a.m. for walkers. The Walk/Run will benefit Unified for Uganda, an organization which financially and emotionally supports the educational journey of destitute children in Northern […]
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Bellevue Salon Named Among Nation’s Best
501 Salon & Spa in Bellevue was recently named to the SALON TODAY 200 by SALON TODAY magazine, the leading business publication for salon and spa owners. The magazine’s 19th annual SALON TODAY 200 issue profiled the selected salons in its January 2016 edition. The 200 salons were honored for their best business practices from […]
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Wellness Wednesday: Does Meat-Free = Protein-Free?
Recently, a client of mine asked my opinion on the popular “Meatless Monday” movement. She was eager to join in on the growing trend, both for the health of her body and the environment, but was also concerned about meeting the daily protein intake goal we’d set. This client is hoping to build lean muscle […]
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St. Elizabeth Invited to Precision Medicine Summit at the White House
St. Elizabeth Healthcare is one of 30 organizations across the nation that has been invited by the White House to participate in President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative Summit on February 25. This event will bring together 150 leaders from the Federal government, private sector, academia, research organizations, and patient advocacy groups to highlight precision medicine […]