Category: DRUGS
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New AG vows to fight child abuse (Ky. ranks No. 1 in it); child-advocate groups want changes in state laws to protect children
Atty. Gen. Daniel Cameron spoke at a press conference about child abuse. (Louisville Courier Journal photo) —– Kentucky’s new attorney general called a press conference to declare his office’s commitment to...
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Gov. Beshear rescinds Bevin’s Medicaid waiver plan but asks federal government to let Kentucky keep four parts of it
Beshear signs executive order on Medicaid. (Melissa Patrick photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As he promised in his campaign, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear rescinded defeated Republican predecessor Matt...
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Ky. is 43rd in annual health rankings, with high rates of cancer deaths, smoking, physical inactivity, mental distress and more
Even though Kentucky moved up two spots in this year’s America’s Health Rankings, at 43rd, it remains one of the 10 unhealthiest states. That’s where the Bluegrass State has been since...
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Substance abuse drives decrease in life expectancy in U.S., Ky.
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Americans are dying younger, and Kentucky is a big part of that. The most basic measurement of a population’s health, life expectancy at birth,...
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Louisville newspaper tracks huge, powerful and violent drug cartel’s invasion of small towns in Kentucky and other states
Courier Journal illustration shows farm worker who oversaw flow of $30 million in drugs into Kentucky. —– The tentacles of a huge, powerful and violent drug cartel reach from Mexico...
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Words matter when writing about addiction, and wrong words increase stigma that impedes recovery; speakers offer advice
Bishop Nash and Lyn O’Connell speaking in Ashland Nov. 15 at “Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery: A Workshop for Journalists” —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News ASHLAND, Ky. —...
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‘Stop using this criminal-justice hammer to address a public-health nightmare,’ state justice and public safety secretary says of drugs
Justice Secretary John Tilley at workshop —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News ASHLAND, Ky. – At a day-long workshop for journalists on covering substance abuse and recovery, state Justice...
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March of Dimes gives Ky. D-minus for high rate of pre-term births; maternal deaths spike; new collaborative will work on such issues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Childbirth, which should be one of life’s most joyous occasions, has become more deadly for Kentucky mothers, and remains problematic for many Kentucky babies...
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Celebrate National Rural Health Day with a week of events starting Monday
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is planning a week of events to observe National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21. Nov. 18 From 9:30 a.m. ET to 12:30 p.m., the National Institutes of Health will hold a...
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Kentucky doctors and hospitals are changing the culture of opioid prescribing, acknowledging their role in spurring the epidemic
Dr. Philip Overall in the emergency room at St. Claire Hospital in Morehead, which has cut the unit’s opioid-prescription rates by half. (Photo by John Flavell for the Lexington Herald-Leader) —–...