Tag: diabetes
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Kentucky State University launches mobile health units to reach ‘underserved’ communities
Kentucky Health News Kentucky State University has launched two of three mobile health units as a way to bring accessible health care to local communities throughout Kentucky. “We are very...
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About 3/4 of the Kentuckians getting free exams and screenings via Medicaid are covered by its expansion, study finds
More than three-fourths of the Kentuckians who got free medical screenings through Medicaid last summer were covered by the expansion of the program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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Sedentary older women who don’t exercise are ‘biologically older’ than active women, study of their chromosomes shows
Photo from Center for Advancing Health By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that older women who sit for more than 10 hours a day and also...
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Daily dose of soda pop ‘batters’ the body’s cells and increases pre-diabetes risk 46 percent, study says; 1 in 3 in Ky. may have it
Illustration by superanimalswallpapers.blogspot.com Drinking a can of sugar-sweetened beverage a day increases your risk of developing pre-diabetes by 46 percent, according to a recent study. The study by the Jean...
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Kentucky rises to No. 3 in diabetes, increasing concern about removing dental and vision coverage from basic Medicaid
Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan for Medicaid “would have a profound effect in a state with the nation’s third-highest rate of diabetes,” The Courier-Journal reports, because it would remove dental and vision care...
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Tackling obesity in Kentucky can be a touchy subject
KentuckyHealthFacts.org map; click on it for larger version SLADE, Ky. — Among the topics covered in “Covering Health: A News Workshop” Nov. 11 at Natural Bridge State Resort Park was one...
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1 in 9 in Ky. have been diagnosed with diabetes, and you could have it and not know it; here are symptoms and risk factors
KentuckyHealthFacts.org map with latest available data, adaptedby Kentucky Health News; click on map to view a larger version One of nine people have diabetes in Kentucky, which has “all the social...
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Feds give UK $19.8 million second-round grant to bring health research into communities in Kentucky and Central Appalachia
By Al Cross and Traci Thomas Kentucky Health News A four-year, $19.8 million research grant to the University of Kentucky will bring better health care for people in Kentucky and...
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Appalachian Health Hack-a-thon has innovative solutions around obesity, diabetes and substance abuse; many from students
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News SOMERSET, Ky. – In just three days’ time, 160 people came up with 19 innovative solutions to three of Appalachian Kentucky’s most challenging health...
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UK College of Public Health study links diabetes to poor blood flow in the brain, but not to Alzheimer’s disease
Diabetes has been linked to cerebrovascular disease, a cognitive disorder that restricts blood flow to the brain, according to a study at the University of Kentucky. Though cerebrovascular disease “is...