Day: April 8, 2019
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Two activists in recovery say addiction doesn’t discriminate (one says recovery does), say it should be treated as a chronic disease
Alex Elswick and Ashley McCarty Dufour talked about their addiction, recovery and activism. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The shared message of two Kentuckians in...
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Erin Calipari’s research explores how women’s hormones may make them more vulnerable to addiction and relapse
Erin Calipari (Photo by Larry McCormack, The Tennessean) —– Erin Calipari is getting noticed, and no longer just because she’s the daughter of University of Kentuckycoach John Calipari. As a researcher at Vanderbilt...
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Ky. has half the cases in odd, 5-state outbreak of E. coli infection
Video from The Washington Post —–Kentucky has about half of the cases in an outbreak of infections from a strain of E. coli bacteria that has also sickened people in Ohio, Virginia,...
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Addict in recovery resumes writing his column for Appalachian newspapers after relapsing and going into treatment
Phillip Lee’s book —– A recovering drug addict who writes a column for newspapers in Appalachian Kentucky and Tennessee, and published a book, has relapsed, gone back into treatment and resumed his column....