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Structural heart disease occurs from aging, injury or infection and most often affects the heart valves.
As the heart beats, a precisely timed series of opening and closing of valves keeps blood flowing in the right direction. All four valves aortic, mitral, tricuspid and pulmonic need to open wide, then shut tight in rhythm.
Heart valves may not close all the way (regurgitation) or open sufficiently (stenosis). These conditions can develop over time and often don’t need treatment. Sometimes blood thinners can help. If left untreated, however, structural heart disease can lead to serious complications.
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Before any alternative emergency response model in Louisville is put in place, researchers say it s essential to listen.
And, thanks to a unique collaboration, they ll be doing just that.
The University of Louisville and Spalding University will be collaborating on an effort to understand how a deflection model could best be applied to Louisville through community conversations because leaders say the city can t afford to get this wrong.
The intent would be to send professionals other than police to some emergency calls, such as mental illness cases. Lives are on the line. It s truly a critical thing right now, said Susan Buchino, an assistant professor at the University of Louisville who ll be spearheading the pilot study commissioned by Metro Government.
Doctors in Louisville Metro seeing more young people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 Share Updated: 11:52 PM EDT Apr 17, 2021 Share Updated: 11:52 PM EDT Apr 17, 2021
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Show Transcript WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, WE ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE AGAIN. IT IS STARTLING. DREW: AFTER WEEKS OF DECLINING CASES, MANY STATES ARE STARTING TO SEE MORE POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES AS SEVERAL VARIANTS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. SINCE MARCH 23, WE ARE UP ABOUT 29% IN CASES NATIONALLY. IF YOU LOOK AT HOTSPOTS LIKE MICHIGAN, THEY ARE UP 120 PERCENT. DREW: JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS ONLY SEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CASES, BUT ACCORDING TO DR. JON KLEIN WITH U OF L HEALTH, HE’S SEEING MORE YOUNG PEOPE IMPACTED BY THE VIRUS. YOUNGER PEOPLE BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. YOUNG IS A RELATIVE TERM. STILL, YOUNGER THAN WHAT WE SAW BACK IN JANUARY. DREW: U OF L HEALTH’S DR. MARK BURNS HAS SEEN THE SAME IN HIS PRACTICE. WE NEED TO NOT ONLY DOUBLE D
By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Apr 16, 2021
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With Kentucky continuing to lead the nation in child abuse rates, the Whitley County Health Department will bring back an annual tradition in combating those numbers when it hosts its Stand Up for Children walks later this month.
Health Educator Kathy Lay says the health department had hosted the walks for four years before having to cancel last yearâs walk due to the pandemic.
âWe use the walks to raise awareness about reporting child abuse,â Lay explained. âGetting people to standup for kids and report.â
According to data from the Kids Count Data Center compiled from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Community Based Services (DCBS), in 2018, the Tri-County area had some of the highest rates of of reports to DCBS meeting criteria for child abuse/neglect in Kentucky.