If you are interested in a career in health care, you need to join Kentucky Healthcare Training. Dr. Don M. Gash joined us today to tell us about his student training, which teaches students how to take care of patients properly. The training involves both classroom, skills, and clinical to provide the students a hands-on experience. This training will help prepare students for various jobs such as, nurses, physicians assistants, and physical therapists. 

Today on Midday Kentucky, our own Troy Thompson visited Mister Cuts barber shop to talk about men's health. Stylist J.P. gives us some insight on what the typical barber shop conversation is like. Some of the usual conversations can range from women, to health issues. Being a barber at Mister Cuts, your job is not to just cut hair, but to establish a relationship with your clients.

Dr. John Tuttle from Clark Regional Medical Center joined us today to discuss prostate and testicular cancer. Dr. Tuttle shared with us that men are at the highest risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer if they have a family history of being diagnosed or if they are of the African American race. When it comes to testicular cancer, it is suggested that men should self-examine at least once a month for abnormalities, since it is the most common cancer found in men between the ages of 15 and 40. If there are any abnormalities visit your family doctor.

Today, Wells Plastic Surgery & Skin Care is a Sculptra center of excellence and the region's leading Sculptra provider. What does this mean to you? Five or Six years ago Dr. Wells started injecting Sculptra into the skin and they began to see the success of this. This procedure is similar to getting a gel filler into your skin but in addition to volumizing it will also stimulate your own collagen. 

Jenny Ceesay from Berea College joins us today on the show. The AmeriCorps VISTA Program partners for education works with Kentucky non-profit organizations to help improve educational opportunities and help with poverty issues. Today Ceesay told us all about what Berea College does to help different types of people, and even shared some of their success stories.

Alliance Medical & Home Care joined us on set today for their upcoming blood drive. Their blood drive will be hosted through the Kentucky Blood Center on Friday November 10th. If you are interested in donating blood make sure you bring a photo ID the day of the drive.

United Thanksgiving for a compassionate Lexington event. This community brings together everyone: Christian, Jewish, Muslim, gays and many more.

 We started a new segment with our MK interns. Our interns will be testing out different products after which, they will give us their feedback on if it is a Hail or Fail.

Ever heard of Luna Yoga? We welcomed Esti Dorfling, yoga instructor from Granola Culture, to walk Lyssa High through some of the fundamentals. David Goldman joined in for some emotional support!

The National Horse Show is the oldest indoor horse show in the country and the biggest show jumping event of the year at the Kentucky Horse Park

Lung cancer is one of the most preventable cancers known to man. The easiest way to vastly decrease your chances of getting lung cancer is to AVOID SMOKING! Today, we welcomed Dr. Erica Gregonis. Dr. Gregonis talked with Troy about the precaution everyone should take to help prevent lung cancer.

We love to throw Lyssa into the fire, the Lydia Sweetser fire!! Today, Lydia joined us on Midday Kentucky to show us how we can all use a Bosu Ball in our workouts! Check out this segment and be sure to sign up at Proof Fitness! Through the month of November, you can get $150 in product and services, plus a FREE heart monitor!

Want to take your football tailgating to a whole new level. Check out these tiny houses the University of Kentucky is offering for all of their home games. These houses have everything you could want or need for a tailgate. The houses are equipped with cable, heat, air conditioning, and fully furnished. If you're interested in renting one of these for your next tailgate to get the full tailgate experience then visit you can email BBNfirst@uky.edu