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FDA wants to limit number of hydrocodone refills available without another doctor visit; approves pure version of drug
Kentucky ranks high in prescription drug abuse, but also is a national leader in efforts to fight it, state-by-state analysis says
Fighting prescription drug abuse? Save your spot for 'The Difference Faces of Substance Abuse' conference Jan. 28-29
Conway says ruling in his Oxycontin lawsuit means he will seek settlement of $100 million or more
FDA changes painkiller labels to warn expectant mothers, after 2,500% growth in number of Ky. babies born addicted to drugs
UK researcher calls for change in state law to allow syringe exchange program to curb hepatitis C epidemic in Eastern Ky.
Despite the benefits associated with syringe- or needle-exchange programs in preventing the spread of hepatitis C, Kentucky law still prohib...
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As heroin use increases in Kentucky, new report shows its strong connections to abusers of prescription pain medicines
Kentucky's law-enforcement agences, policymakers and public-health advocates have taken serious measures to curb the state's rampant...
Kentucky expands list of permanent locations for safe disposal of unneeded or expired prescription medications
National magazine looks at drug companies' efforts to stop anti-methamphetamine bills, especially in Kentucky
Beshear, Stumbo credit law for reducing prescription-drug deaths, but reduction was far outnumbered by rise in heroin fatalities
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As prescription painkillers become harder to get and abuse, heroin replaces them in Eastern and Southern Kentucky
Prescription drugs killing more women than ever; Kentucky ties for fifth for its high percentage of deaths
Kids Count report shows where children in your county and school district rank, in a huge number of measures
Sick of all the bad facts about Kentucky's health? Here's encouraging news about oral health and drug treatment
At least one in eight teens, and perhaps one in five, have a mental-health issue; ADHD tops, substance abuse also high
The most comprehensive report yet on mental disorders in children shows attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonl...
Could Medicare Part D be an inadvertent enabler of prescription drug abuse?
Bankruptcy filing by mental-health agency is a loser for Kentucky, where such services can be scarce and little used
National Rx Drug Abuse Summit, a Kentucky product, seeks to make the nation face up to its problem
Most Kentucky adults don't know that drug overdose is the leading cause of death in the state, but those in the east do
Conway, other AGs ask FDA to require generic prescription pain pills to be abuse-resistant, tamper-resistant
Generic versions of popular pain relievers must be made harder to abuse, in order to curb prescription drug abuse that is epidemic in many s...
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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
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I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
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I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
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Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
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Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ... -
Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
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Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piec...
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Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
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Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
