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Health

  • Dr. Dennis Simms joins Flaget as primary care physician

     Dennis Simms, M.D., is joining Flaget Memorial Hospital as a primary care physician.

    The Marion County native is returning home to Kentucky after completing eight years of active duty in the U.S. Navy and 20 years of primary care in Meridian, Miss. Simms and his wife, Jeanne, who is also a Marion County native, were interested in returning home, the physician said.

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  • Local woman uses Trim Down to shed excess weight

     Paula Geihs started the Trim Down, Bardstown! program this year with a smile on her face. The reason for her good mood? The Bardstown woman has lost 74 pounds since last year’s Trim Down — and she’s kept every ounce off!

    “I’m halfway to where I want to be,” Geihs said on Feb. 1 of this year, the first weigh-in day downtown. Last year “I found an article on Trim Down. I said, “It costs $5 — what do I have to lose?”

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  • A support network can help you lose excess weight

    Did you know that people who have weight-loss buddies and group support are more likely to lose excess weight than those who don’t? That’s something we teach people taking part in the Trim Down, Bardstown! weight-loss program. That’s why, whether your aim is to eat healthier, exercise more, or lose excess weight, it’s a great idea to find a fitness friend — or maybe more than one. In fact, experts say that sharing your goals is vital to achieving them. “Electing” your own “board of directors” can help you get results.

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  • Heating cost assistance available

    The local Community Action Office at 864 W. Stephen Foster Ave., Bardstown, is available to assist families of low-income with the LIHEAP Crisis Program.

    To be eligible for Crisis funds you must have a past due/disconnect notice from the electric or natural gas company, or be out of bulk fuel within four days if using propane, fuel oil or kerosene, or wood, or a formal eviction notice from your landlord if heating expenses are included in the rent.

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  • Flaget Health Fair
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  • Flaget goes red
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  • February is National Children’s Dental Health Month

    RACHEL BRINEY

    According to the Center for Disease Control, “tooth decay affects children in the United States more than any other chronic infectious disease.”  Children with poor oral hygiene and untreated tooth decay (cavities) can develop pain and infections that can cause problems with eating, speaking, playing, and learning. In a 2000 U. S. Surgeon General’s report it was estimated that “more than 51 million school hours are lost each year to dental-related illness.”

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  • Free lunch will address breast health awareness

    They say there’s no free lunch. That won’t be true on Sunday, Feb. 12, however. That’s the day the Mother/Daughter Luncheon will provide a free meal and breast health education to women of all ages from 1-3 p.m. at the Bardstown Civic Center at 321 South Third.

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  • Photo: Heartland Self-Storage Ribbon Cutting
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  • Top 3 School of Massage graduates from Bardstown

    On Dec. 17 as the graduates of the December 2011 class from the Louisville School of Massage received their academic certifications, three students from Bardstown led the way. 

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