Tag: diabetes
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WDRB: 2 sides of Ozempic include weight loss success and health nightmares in Kentucky
For some, the weight loss drug Ozempic “is life-changing,” but for others, ‘it’s a nightmare,” Valerie Chinn reports for WDRB. Lucinda Mason, a Mt. Washington resident who has lost 100...
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Study looks at benefits and risks to popular weight-loss drugs; Kentucky leads nation in use of them
By Melissa Patrick and Liberty Gilbert Kentucky Health News Whether it is prescribed for diabetes or weight loss, Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have found their home in Kentucky,...
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Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute creates program for women with diabetes who want to have children
Kentucky Health News The Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, a part of Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s, has announced the creation of the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute Perinatal Program. The program is the first...
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State health initiative focuses on diabetes in January — a disease that impacts nearly one in seven Kentucky adults
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The focus of January’s “Our Healthy Kentucky Home” initiative is diabetes, a disease that impacts nearly one in seven Kentucky adults. “Almost 14% of...
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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...