Disease

Cool and overcast weather has delayed, to some extent, production of tobacco transplants. We're approaching the time when warm daytime temperatures will occur and the risk of disease in transplant facilities will increase. Pythium root rot (PRR) is the most common and important disease that we encounter in the float system, so let's take a closer look at the disease and the most practical options for its management. The first symptoms of Pythium root rot tend to be yellowing and stunting of transplants in a well-defined area or areas of a float bay. Damping-off, or seedling death, can occur in severe cases.

The phone call usually goes something like "Doc, I think my dog has been poisoned" or "I think my dog has had a stroke. " The reason is that the dog is having trouble walking and actually staggering or walking in circles. It could be poison. It could be a stroke. It could also be vestibular disease. Vestibular disease is an unusual condition seen only three or four times a year in a typical veterinary practice. So, what is vestibular disease? Vestibular disease refers to an acute onset of loss of balance.

LIBERTY - They've been together through thick and thin, and now the Casey County seniors are facing a disease. Coaches Rachel Taylor and Teresa Eads call it the "Triple D disease" - discipline, determination and dedication - and the Rebels say they've been infected. "We started out at the first of summer and we've been in the weight room, we've been practicing, we went to the UK volleyball clinic," senior A.J. Lee said. "We've worked our butts off this year. We want to be the best we can be. We really do have the Triple D disease because they discipline us, we have determination and dedication.

Recently, blue mold was found on tobacco in Clark and Montgomery counties. Growers located in the vicinity and east of the initial find, especially those with young plants, should scout their fields for the disease and apply a preventative fungicide, said Kenny Seebold, extension plant pathologist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. The disease was present on nearly 100 percent of tobacco in two fields totaling about 15 acres, and significant levels of the disease were present in nearby fields.

By AMANDA ALDERMAN Health Promotion Intern Clark County Health Department This February, join thousands of people across the country who will come together to wear red for "Go Red Day. " This campaign is in support of women's health to bring awareness to women's heart disease. Many Americans are uninformed of the increasing number of women dying from this disease every year. According to the American Heart Association, one out of three women will die from heart disease.

You may be delighted to put gardening behind you for the season, but fall is the time to manage and prevent disease in next year's garden. Summer crops may still be standing, even after being killed by heavy frosts and cold temperatures. At this time, you can take preemptive measures to help ensure a successful and bountiful garden next season. Cleaning things up in the fall can help cut back on disease in the following harvest season. Many pathogens responsible for diseases commonly seen in home gardens can overwinter or survive between crops on equipment and plant residue.

The National Kidney Foundation of Kentucky will have free kidney disease screening 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday at the Boyle County Health Department. Call (800) 737-5433 for more information and appointments.

What is Alzheimer's? Alzheimer's disease (pronounced AHLZ-high-merz) is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys a person's memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out daily activities. As Alzheimer's progresses, individuals may also experience changes in personality and behavior, such as anxiety, suspiciousness, agitation, as well as delusions or hallucinations. Current treatments work best when begun in the early stages of the disease, yet merely slow down the progression of the symptoms.

LEXINGTON - The recent wet weather resulted in many cases of target spot on young burley tobacco plants in greenhouses across the state. With more wet conditions in the forecast, growers need to watch their seedlings closely for any sign of the disease in order to manage it if it does develop, said Kenny Seebold, plant pathologist in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. "In terms of severity and how widespread it is, this is the worst case of target spot I've seen since I came here in 2005," he said.

A Winchester man with Alzheimer's disease is back with his family this morning after walking away from his son Thursday night after an argument. Clark County Sheriff Berl Perdue Jr. said deputies were called to the Chevron station on Revilo Road at 11:23 p.m. Thursday about an argument. When Deputy Justin Gurley arrived, the father, 70-year-old James Coleman, had already left the station, Perdue said. Gurley was on the scene for about 20 minutes before Coleman was found in Lexington, Perdue said.

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Veterinarians commonly use certain diagnostic tests to determine the cause for your pets' illnesses. Blood tests, fecal examination, urinalysis and X-rays are often used to support the history of symptoms and physical exam findings. Sometimes, your pet's illness may be an extremely common ailment and can be diagnosed with just a physical exam or with quick diagnostic tests. However, even though routine diagnostics are very helpful most of the time, some situations or certain diseases can be difficult to uncover.

February is the month devoted to matters of the heart, so it's a great time to consider the health of this vital organ. Heart disease once was mostly associated with men, but today it is the No. 1 killer of women, accounting for half a million deaths a year. Like most illnesses, we never think it's going to happen to us. Imagine my shock when I phoned my sister-in-law to rave about a great pimento cheese she gave out at Christmas when she stopped to say, “You don't know, do you?

Did you know that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, killing approximately half a million American women each year? Information about how deadly heart disease is has been available for a great many years, but the general population has just recently become more aware of the dangers. For most women, it is difficult to imagine that they are anything less than healthy, choosing to take care of others over themselves. This is one of the reasons that the American Heart Association began the campaign called Go Red for Women nearly nine years ago. The statistics do not lie. More women die of heart disease each year than of any kind of cancer.

You may be delighted to put gardening behind you for the season, but fall is the time to manage and prevent disease in next year's garden. Summer crops may still be standing, even after being killed by heavy frosts and cold temperatures. At this time, you can take preemptive measures to help ensure a successful and bountiful garden next season. Cleaning things up in the fall can help cut back on disease in the following harvest season. Many pathogens responsible for diseases commonly seen in home gardens can overwinter or survive between crops on equipment and plant residue.

FIV, or feline immunodeficiency virus, is a virus specific to cats. It is in the same family of viruses as HIV or human immunodeficiency virus. Make no mistake: The cat FIV virus cannot infect humans and the human HIV virus cannot infect cats. People are fairly familiar with the HIV virus due to a lot of public awareness campaigns. Therefore, I often tell clients to think about FIV being like HIV with regards to how the virus behaves. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of misconceptions about HIV, and consequently FIV. FIV is not as prevalent as other diseases in cats such as the leukemia virus.

You can reduce the risk of some common problems next year by getting rid of leftover plant debris in vegetable, flower and fruit gardening areas this fall. Several disease-causing fungi and bacteria spend the winter on plant debris, and can cause diseases the following growing season. Proper garden sanitation can combat such diseases as early blight, mildews, gray mold fungus and various root rot and wilt problems. To combat diseases, remove all plants, except winter vegetables or cover crops, from the garden.

Heart disease in dogs and cats has some similarities to heart problems in people. However, there are some significant differences. Heart failure is the inability of the heart to sufficiently circulate blood to meet the body's needs. This usually means there is failure of either the heart muscle or a valve inside the heart. The most common cause of heart failure in dogs is mitral valve insufficiency. It is more common in small breeds. Mitral valve disease is estimated to account for up to 80 percent of all dog heart disease cases.

With the 2012 tobacco growing season coming to an end, growers are working hard to get their crops into the barns. On one hand, the dry conditions of this past summer have kept leaf diseases like frogeye and target spot in check and we have not seen any blue mold. On the other hand, we saw more black shank and Fusarium wilt than we have for the past three or four years. Looking forward to the next growing season, it's hard to say what will be the big disease issue. So much depends on the climate when we are dealing with diseases like blue mold, target spot and frogeye.