Tag: books
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Is sugar our nutritional enemy? New book claims it is
For about a decade as the century started, more and more Americans appeared to obey the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s advice to eat less sugar. But that trend of improvement...
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Forrest W. Calico, national leader in rural health care, dies at 75
Forrest W. Calico Dr. Forrest W. Calico, a nationally recognized expert on rural health-care quality, died Monday at his home near Crab Orchard “after striving against multiple myeloma for several...
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Authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic appearing in half-hour show several times on KET channels this week
Dr. Gilbert Friedell and J. Isaac Joyner, co-authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic: A Manifesto for Control and Prevention, discuss the topic with Dr. Wayne Tuckson in a half-hour “Kentucky...
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Authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic will talk on KET about its causes, myths, complications, treatment and prevention
Kentucky Health News The message that the authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic: A Manifesto for Control and Prevention want readers to take from their book is that “diabetes is a...
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Book about Appalachian health reveals region and culture-specific issues for researchers, region’s residents
Editors of a new book hope it will shed light on the health problems facing Appalachia while debunking myths about the culture. Robert Ludke and Phillip Obermiller, both of the...