Tag: research
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How much do motorcycle helmets reduce the risk of head injuries? A lot, UK study shows
Image from Fox News It goes without saying that wearing a helmet can reduce the risk of head injuries while riding a motorcycle, but a study at the University of Kentucky backs...
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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...
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As coal declines in Central Appalachia, what is its legacy in health, including mental health?
As the coal industry declines, rapidly in Central Appalachia, there are “clues suggesting that health and mental-health issues will pose enormous challenges to the affected coal communities, and will linger...
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CDC doesn’t deliver on reported promise to probe health effects of surface coal mining, but two other federal agencies are tackling it
When Shaping Our Appalachian Region was formed to help improve and diversify the economy of Appalachian Kentucky, one of the 10 working groups on issues was about health, which is...
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Report shows race and ethnicity matter when it comes to health
When it comes to health, your race and ethnicity matter, says a recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky report. A study of federal and state polling data found that multiracial...
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Giving employees money to spend on local produce could improve their health, lower insurance costs, pilot program shows
Photo: Charles Bertram, Lexington Herald-Leader A pilot program that gave Lexington-area employees money to spend on fresh, local produce boosted their health and local agriculture, Janet Patton reports for the...
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Public health researchers and geologists combine research to create radon risk potential maps for state and 15 Ky. counties
University of Kentucky health researchers and geologists combined their research on radon and created a map that shows which parts of Kentucky have the highest risk of radon exposure, and...
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Survey of low-income Kentuckians, Arkansans suggests expansion of eligibility for Medicaid is making them healthier
A survey of people in Kentucky and other states suggests that the 2014 expansion of the Medicaid program under federal health reform is making them healthier. The telephone survey of...
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Study finds 2 new probable carcinogens in e-cigarette vapor; study author says there is no such thing as a healthy e-cigarette
ConsumerReports.org A recent study has detected two probable carcinogens never before detected in the vapor of electronic cigarettes, lending further support to the argument that they are not a healthy...
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Studies: Hour of daily activity counters deathly effects of sitting, but ‘inactive lifestyles are just accepted,’ even by teenagers
image: medicaldaily.com By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of us spend too many hours sitting, and research says it’s slowly killing us, but a new study says that just...