New diabetes cases in expanded-Medicaid states much higher than other states; 46,000 new Ky. Medicaid clients got screened

New diabetes cases in expanded-Medicaid states much higher than other states; 46,000 new Ky. Medicaid clients got screened

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New diabetes cases among poor Americans are much more numerous in Kentucky and other states that hav...

Authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic will talk on KET about its causes, myths, complications, treatment and prevention

Authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic will talk on KET about its causes, myths, complications, treatment and prevention

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Kentucky Health News The message that the authors of The Great Diabetes Epidemic: A Manifesto for Control and Prevention  want readers to ta...

Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

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Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when ...

KentuckyOne Health teaches diabetics to manage the disease

KentuckyOne Health teaches diabetics to manage the disease

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KentuckyOne Health has launched a new program to help Kentuckians with diabetes learn how to self-manage their disease, according to a news...

Another study suggests that lack of walking and other physical activity damages blood vessels and causes many health issues

Another study suggests that lack of walking and other physical activity damages blood vessels and causes many health issues

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If you are looking for a reason to commit to daily exercise in 2015, here are two: The U.S. surgeon general says most of us only exercise ab...

Ten common myths about diabetes busted

Ten common myths about diabetes busted

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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 diagnosi...

Kentucky drops two spots in America's Health Rankings, based on data since 2012 or earlier

Kentucky drops two spots in America's Health Rankings, based on data since 2012 or earlier

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Kentucky dropped two spots in the 25th annual America's Health Rankings report this year and finds itself once again as one of the bott...

Tips for diabetics to stay healthy during the holiday season

Tips for diabetics to stay healthy during the holiday season

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Most people are not affected by occasional overindulging at holiday parties, but diabetics can get in serious health trouble if they aren...

Americans' sweet tooth blamed for increases in obesity and diabetes; new website explains the dangers of too much sugar

Americans' sweet tooth blamed for increases in obesity and diabetes; new website explains the dangers of too much sugar

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A new website called SugarScience is now available to help consumers understand the health dangers of sugar in our lives, Lisa Aliferis re...

Kentucky meets the diabetes challenge with a comprehensive plan that 15 other states have modeled, advocates say

Kentucky meets the diabetes challenge with a comprehensive plan that 15 other states have modeled, advocates say

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Kentucky has not simply accepted the dire diabetes statistics that affect so many of its citizens, but instead is meeting this challenge hea...

Brown fat, already known as a super calorie burner,' could also be a key to treating Type 2 diabetes, study shows

Brown fat, already known as a super calorie burner,' could also be a key to treating Type 2 diabetes, study shows

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Better understanding brown fat could lead to future ways of treating obesity and type 2 diabetes, Abby Phillip reports for The Washington P...

Diabetes is an epidemic and needs to be treated like one, with a public-health approach, Lexington policy experts say in new book

Diabetes is an epidemic and needs to be treated like one, with a public-health approach, Lexington policy experts say in new book

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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 c...

Five things you can start doing today to decrease your risk of getting diabetes, which affects one of every 10 Kentuckians

Five things you can start doing today to decrease your risk of getting diabetes, which affects one of every 10 Kentuckians

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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 a...

All adults over 45 should be screened for diabetes every three years, but only half are, and the poor are less likely to do so

All adults over 45 should be screened for diabetes every three years, but only half are, and the poor are less likely to do so

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Only about half of U.S. adults that the American Diabetes Association recommends to be screened for diabetes are actually being screened, a...

Researchers say aggressively treating pre-diabetes could stop or delay future diabetic complications

Researchers say aggressively treating pre-diabetes could stop or delay future diabetic complications

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Treating pre-diabetes as if it is diabetes could delay or prevent future related health complications, according to doctors from three leadi...

Most overweight diabetics don't know how much to exercise for weight loss, and they don't exercise enough

Most overweight diabetics don't know how much to exercise for weight loss, and they don't exercise enough

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many overweight people with diabetes don't exercise enough for weight loss, and they also don...

Kentucky ranks fifth in obesity and its high-schoolers rank first

Kentucky ranks fifth in obesity and its high-schoolers rank first

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity and health problems go hand in hand, and Kentuckians are known for both. Kentucky now has th...