Category: FEATURED
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FDA proposes new, graphic warnings for cigarette packs and ads
A Food and Drug Administration photo illustration shows three of the 13 proposed warnings. —– The Food and Drug Administration has again published a proposed rule to “require color graphics depicting the...
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The poorer the household, the more likely its kids are to inhale secondhand smoke; Ky. is poor and has 2nd highest smoking rate
Study charts show less exposure among older youth, who tend to spend more time outside the home. —– Children who live in poverty are nearly three and a half times...
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Federal grant will let former Gov. Fletcher start treatment and housing for addicts in 101 rural counties in 8 states, 47 in Ky.
Dr. Ernie Fletcher spoke in Owensboro last year about his plan to take the Recovery Kentucky concept beyond Kentucky. (Photo by Alan Warren, Messenger-Inquirer) —– An organization headed by former Kentucky...
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Interactive map of DEA database makes it easy to spot major sources of pain pills in 2006-12; Ky. had No. 1, and 18 of top 100
Screenshot of Post map shows how to get individual pharmacy data. Added to screenshot are Ky. towns with pharmacies in top 100 of pain pills per person per county in 2006-12....
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McConnell, other senators targeted by misleading ads about legislation written to protect patients from surprise medical bills
The ad’s spokeswoman criticizes a bill that she claims will help insurance companies hurt patients. —– Kentuckians have been seeing lots of TV ads from a group that calls itself Doctor...
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Workshop offers tips to keep kids safe on farms; biggest injury-causers are falls (often from tractors), animals and machinery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Growing up on a farm gives children the opportunity to play in ways that few others get to experience, and gain a set of...
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Adair County paper fills several pages in sample-copy edition with stories about the opioid epidemic and its cost
Continuation of Page 1 story shows child with photo of his mother, who died from a fentanyl overdose. —– Most rural newspapers shy away from reporting on the opioid epidemic,...
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3 SW Va. counties among many suing drug makers over opioids; Washington Post takes a look with text, pictures, audio: ‘We was addicted to their pills, but they was addicted to the money’
L-R: Lee, Wise and Russell counties; City of Norton is within Wise (Wikipedia map) —– “Towns and cities across America are fighting back against the drug industry, seeking billions of dollars in...
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Anti-overdose drug naloxone (Narcan) isn’t getting to enough at-risk and rural people, including many counties in Kentucky
Enlargement of Kentucky and neighboring states shows naloxone access; Kentucky counties with the first rank of access are Adair, Anderson, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Bullitt, Campbell, Christian, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Grant, Hopkins,...
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Study: Rural dentists show higher awareness of opioid epidemic in their prescribing, and are in good positions to fight it
AARP photo illustration —– While rural and non-rural dentists prescribe about the same number of pain pills, rural dentists do so more often in combination with ibuprofen or acetaminophen and...