Ten common myths about diabetes busted
Kentucky ranks 17th in diabetes, and many Kentuckians are newly diagnosed every year with the disease, usually Type 2 diabetes. The diagnosis can be overwhelming, especially if you don’t have...
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Kentucky ranks 17th in diabetes, and many Kentuckians are newly diagnosed every year with the disease, usually Type 2 diabetes. The diagnosis can be overwhelming, especially if you don’t have...
Kentucky dropped two spots in the 25th annual America’s Health Rankings report this year and finds itself once again as one of the bottom five healthiest (or unhealthiest) states. Since...
Most people are not affected by occasional overindulging at holiday parties, but diabetics can get in serious health trouble if they aren’t careful. “If you are someone who is not...
A new website called SugarScience is now available to help consumers understand the health dangers of sugar in our lives, Lisa Aliferis reports for NPR. This University of California, San...
Kentucky has not simply accepted the dire diabetes statistics that affect so many of its citizens, but instead is meeting this challenge head on with The Kentucky Diabetic Action Plan,...
Better understanding brown fat could lead to future ways of treating obesity and type 2 diabetes, Abby Phillip reports for The Washington Post. A recent study published in The Journal...
Diabetes is often called an epidemic, but is not treated as such. Two Lexington health policy experts argue in a new book that this has to change, Tom Eblen reports for...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Diabetes is a real problem in Kentucky and one that is not projected to get any better. You may be at risk of getting...
Only about half of U.S. adults that the American Diabetes Association recommends to be screened for diabetes are actually being screened, according to a study published in the American Journal of...
Treating pre-diabetes as if it is diabetes could delay or prevent future related health complications, according to doctors from three leading research institutions and the American Diabetes Association, says a...