Tag: diabetes
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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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Dangerous and stealthy, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise, but is reversible with weight loss and exercise
Many Kentuckians and other Americans are walking around with a liver disease that has the potential of progressing to cirrhosis, which can then lead to liver failure, and don’t even...
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Tips to help diabetics manage the holidays
The holiday season creates some challenging hurdles for those who have diabetes, but they shouldn’t ruin the fun if you plan ahead, according to diabetes expert at New York’s Stony Brook University....
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Ky. inches up in national health ranking, due to more coverage, HPV vaccination; but at 44th, it still has much work to do
Graphics are from America’s Health Ranking report By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranked in the bottom 10 states for 12 of the 34 measures ranked by the 2015...
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New cases of diabetes decrease, but experts continue to call it an epidemic in Kentucky and the U.S.
The number of new diabetes cases in adults has significantly decreased in Kentucky and the U.S., reversing a trend, according to a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report,...
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Big Sandy Diabetes Coalition in E. Ky. helps counties take charge of this disease that affects 15.2 percent of the area’s population
The Big Sandy Diabetes Coalition in Eastern Kentucky works to help the communities it serves take responsibility for ensuring quality systems of diabetes prevention and care are accessible and utilized...
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Four ways to stop the Great Diabetes Epidemic, which affects 1 in 7 Kentuckians and could affect 1 in 4 (those with pre-diabetes)
By Isaac Joyner, MPH and Gilbert H. Friedell, M.D. Kentucky has a state bird, the cardinal; a state flower, goldenrod; and a state tree, the tulip poplar. And now, thanks...
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90 percent on state’s Kentucky Employee Health Plan are enrolled in its wellness program
If a focus on wellness and prevention is the key to living a longer life, then Kentucky public employees are well on their way with 90 percent of them now...
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Political documentary about Ky. legislative effort to recognize the health benefits of plant-based diet debuts in Louisville Sept. 17
A political documentary, PlantPure Nation, that tells the story of Kentucky efforts to recognize the benefits of eating a plant-based diet, premieres in Kentucky Sept. 17 at the Baxter Avenue...
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Researchers: Trans fats, not saturated fats, are linked to greater risk of heart disease; but no reason to eat more butter and meat
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., found that trans fats are linked with greater risk of coronary heart disease and death, but saturated fats are not associated with increased risk...