Day: January 12, 2011
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Fort Campbell soldier who went AWOL, and says his Kentucky PTSD treatment was inadequate, is set to return to Afghanistan
A Fort Campbell-based soldier who went absent without leave because of alleged post-traumatic stress disorder will return to finish his tour in Afghanistan. “My family doesn’t want me to go,...
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UK scientists discover a clue to treating diseases like ‘mad cow’
University of Kentucky scientists may be a step closer to finding a way to treat diseases related to prion proteins, including bovine spongiform encephalitis, or mad-cow disease. They’ve learned that...
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Kentucky gets ‘F’ for tobacco control, but expansion of cessation programs in Medicaid should raise grade
As a proposed statewide smoking ban continues to be debated, Kentucky and Indiana have received dismal grades from the American Lung Association‘s recently released State of Tobacco Control 2009 report. But...