Life expectancy in 13 U.S. counties declined from 1980 to 2014; eight of them are in one contiguous area of Eastern Kentucky

Map by The Washington Post , based on data from University of Wisconsin Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation A knot of eight Eastern...

Anti-smoking expert: Cigarettes kill 8,900 Kentuckians a year, so it's time to raise cigarette tax and pass statewide smoking ban

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death that we know of," Ellen Hahn, direc...

UK gets $11.2 million, five-year grant to study links between cancer and obesity, two of Kentucky's biggest health problems

Kentucky leads the nation in some forms of cancer, and is among the leaders in obesity. Is there a connection? The federal government is giv...

Colorectal cancer has declined, except in people under 30; overall, it's more common in Kentucky than in any other state

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Colorectal cancer has become less common since the mid-1980s, but has been increasing steadily in pe...

What is Colon Cancer and Treatment

Colon cancer, or colorectal cancer as it's sometimes known as  is cancer which starts in the digestive, or gastrointestinal (GI) ...

7 Foods To Fight Breast Cancer

Cancer patients are not limited to gender or age. Causes of cancer on average due to genetic factors, carcinogens, and also life styl...

Mesothelioma Symptoms

Mesothelioma is a cancer that occurs in the line of cells outside the lung, pleura or located within the cavity peritoenum. The disorder i...