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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

KET will look Monday night at why lack of sleep is bad for your health, and offer advice on improving sleep quality

We live in a country where a third of adults report that they get less than six hours of sleep a night, which doesn't seem like a big de...

Women leading Kentucky health: State health commissioner sees 'stars aligned' for Kentucky to finally get healthier

Health Commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson This is the third in a series of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who ha...

Health issues facing Appalachia, focus of CDC director's tour, could be a forewarning of where the country is heading

The chronic health issues of Appalachia, the focus of a recent tour by the head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , ...

CDC director to attend a series of events Aug. 4-6 to talk about health issues in Appalachian Ky.; public is invited to attend

The director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will participate in four events in Eastern Kentucky next week to disc...

Choose a diet specific to your health needs, and recognize that even small changes will create a healthier you

Dieting doesn't just mean cutting back on calories anymore. Now you can choose a diet based on specific outcomes such as weight loss, he...