Appalachia has a legacy of making the most with limited resources, but there's one thing that there's no way to stretch: sleep. Researchers at the University of Kentucky, in partnership with ...

Clinically significant insomnia, elevated OSA risk, and insufficient sleep duration were markedly higher in rural Appalachian “hotspot” counties than national benchmarks, indicating a potential public ...

In 2009, Maddie McGarvey first visited 3-year-old Paige Casto and her family in a southeast Ohio town to take photos for a college photography class. Then, for the next 15 years, she returned to ...

The Health Wagon, a free and charitable clinic, began with Sister Bernie, who came to the Appalachian region more than 30 years ago at the request of the Catholic Richmond Diocese to treat the poor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The region's most economically distressed counties are in the coalfields of Central Appalachia, including Eastern Kentucky's ...

In Appalachia, mental health challenges are a present reality shaped by the conditions of everyday life. At Christian Appalachian Project (CAP), we see mental health needs firsthand in the families ...

“A 21st-century Homestead Act offers compelling advantages for political leaders…For conservatives, it emphasizes individual responsibility, property ownership, and free market solutions…For ...

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