Tag: prevention
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A looming danger: About 1 in 3 U.S. adults are pre-diabetic, but only about 11% say they have received such a diagnosis
Before Type 2 diabetes develops, most people experience what is called prediabetes, where the blood sugar levels are above normal, but below diabetic, Dr. Philip A. Kern, University of Kentucky...
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Feeling exhausted and not sure why? Ask your health-care provider to check your vitamin B12
Some doctors are adding a vitamin B check to their standard “baseline” workup, especially vitamin B12, the one most commonly deficient, Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy reports for Newport Natural Health. “By some...
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Many Americans still don’t use sunscreen, which has been proven to prevent skin cancer, the most common cancer in the U.S.
Sunscreen has been proven to reduce the risk for all types of skin cancer and to prevent or delay signs of aging, but most Americans still don’t use it regularly,...
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‘Mind Matters’ Health Fair in Lexington May 18 will focus on brain and nutrition; famous chef will make free “brain healthy” food
Ouita Michel Nationally known Bluegrass chef Ouita Michel of Midway, who owns seven Lexington-area eateries, will be cooking up free “brain healthy” food at the seventh annual “Mind Matters” Health...
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KentuckyOne Health is offering mobile screenings for risk of heart attack and stroke, and cancer prevention, for a price
For a price, KentuckyOne Health is offering a new, mobile, preventive screening program at various locations around the state. Screening packages range from $179 to $347 and are designed to...
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How has the federal health-reform law changed your care?
Despite the controversy that continues to surround the Patient Protection and Affordable Act five years after its passage, it has probably changed the way your health care is delivered as...
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Authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic will talk on KET about its causes, myths, complications, treatment and prevention
Kentucky Health News The message that the authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic: A Manifesto for Control and Prevention want readers to take from their book is that “diabetes is a...
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Health reform law drives a trend to include lifestyle changes in a patient’s health care plan, alongside traditional medicine
Lifestyle changes can play a huge role in treating and warding off many health conditions and thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act there is now a shift...
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Community health groups, with focus on prevention, fight to be part of new setup for lowering health costs, improving outcomes
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is forcing doctors and hospitals to collaborate on lowering health-care costs while improving health outcomes. Community health groups that focus on preventive care...
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Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings
Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when he started the “Kyhealthnow” initiative in February 2014,...