Organized sports provide about 20 minutes of real exercise per hour of activity; CDC says children should exercise an hour a day

Wikipedia By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News We live in a world where children are more likely to participate in organized sports and a...

Study of Ind. Medicaid, proposed model for Ky., finds more than half of enrollees missed paying a premium and thus lost coverage

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's plan to change Medicaid would require poor people to pay small, income-based premiums...

Low-income adults in Medicaid expansion in Kentucky and Arkansas report better health and medical care, study finds

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two states that expanded Medicaid through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act showed a 41...

The Zika virus has come to Ky. through travelers, and could spread at any time, but few people know or do much about it

This species of mosquito carries Zika. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As temperatures and travel increase, so does the possible thr...

The state is updating its oral health plan and is asking for help; you must register to participate in May 31-June 1 meeting

                                                                             KET photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky...

Nurses and their allies seek a mandate for a nurse in every school, which they say would improve learning outcomes

Kari Hall, CMA, with a Madison County student By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Putting a full-time nurse in every Kentucky school wou...

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...

National survey finds many Americans can't identify mental-health problems, and even some who do are unfamiliar with treatment

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than half of Americans recognize symptoms of anxiety, and many don't know what to do about...

Evaluation of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky's 6-year public-policy initiative offers lessons for other health philanthropies

An independent evaluation of a six-year Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky initiative offered some useful lessons that can be applied to ot...

E-cig marketing finds a ready teenage audience, and preventive messaging isn't keeping up; risks of nicotine are largely forgotten

                                             Medscape photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News RICHMOND, Ky. -- Marketing messages for ...

Exercise cuts the risk of damage to your heart, even if you're among the 35 percent of Kentuckians who are obese

Consumer HealthDay photo Exercise not only lowers the risk of heart damage in middle-aged adults and seniors, but can also reduce the levels...

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...

Those who exercise have more vitamin D, and both are good for the heart; Kentuckians lag in exercise, and lead in heart disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Exercise and good levels of vitamin D are known to contribute to heart health, but together, they...

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...

Study finds exercise is good for the heart at all ages, even among those who are obese; Ky. is a sedentary and obese state

Consumer HealthDay photo Exercise not only lowers the risk of heart damage in middle-aged adults and seniors, but can also reduce the levels...

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...