State health plan provides free or low- cost diabetic meds and supplies; study finds program improves employees' health

Kentucky.gov photo An analysis of Kentucky's state-employee health insurance plan, which provides free or reduced-cost diabetic medicati...

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...

Study finds childhood obesity quadruples the risk of developing type 2 diabetes; 20 percent of Kentucky's children are obese

Children who are obese may be four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those considered to have a healthy weight,  according t...

Community health workers aren't medically trained, but they help rural people manage their health care and their health

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As health advocates at the April 24 Kentucky Voices for Health annual meeting discussed how to reduc...

Study concludes that diabetes may kill four times as many people as reported; 13.4% of Kentucky adults have diabetes

                             Medical News Today photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Diabetes may be responsible for nearly four ti...

With pushes from Obama administration, Kentucky schools focused more on health; example: less junk food is available

Lexington Herald-Leader file photo Sugary drinks, fatty snacks and chocolate candy are becoming harder to buy in Kentucky schools, which are...

About 3/4 of the Kentuckians getting free exams and screenings via Medicaid are covered by its expansion, study finds

More than three-fourths of the Kentuckians who got free medical screenings through Medicaid last summer were covered by the expansion of the...