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Kentucky ranks high in prescription drug abuse, but also is a national leader in efforts to fight it, state-by-state analysis says
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7:46 AM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report finds many states do not have effective strategies in place to fight prescription drug a...
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Prescription drugs killing more women than ever; Kentucky ties for fifth for its high percentage of deaths
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1:21 PM
The ongoing national epidemic of addiction to prescription painkillers is spreading more quickly among women, and it is killing more women t...
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Sick of all the bad facts about Kentucky's health? Here's encouraging news about oral health and drug treatment
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5:39 PM
Despite the plethora of bad news about Kentucky's poor health status, there are many positive initiatives for Kentucky's oral health...
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Fort Campbell works to address post-traumatic stress disorder, common ailment of Afghanistan-Iraq veterans
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12:02 PM
Research shows almost 14 percent of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afganistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and...
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Pike court will keep lawsuit county and attorney general filed against Purdue Pharma over damage done by its OxyContin
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12:25 PM
A state court will hear the Kentucky attorney general's 2007 lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma , against the wishes o...
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Managed-care doctor creates process to steer pregnant Medicaid recipients who are using dangerous drugs into treatment
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11:26 AM
When Dr. Jeremy Corbett of Lexington found that "nearly one in five pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid managed-care program where...
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Oregon may show the way for Kentucky in drug treatment
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8:24 AM
In facing up to its need for more drug-treatment facilities, Kentucky could learn some lessons from Oregon, Courier-Journal reporter Laura ...
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In starting its sixth package in series on prescription drug abuse, The Courier-Journal shows treatment programs fall short of need
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Brittany Crouch suffers through withdrawal in Frenchburg before leaving for treatment in Lexington, as daughter Kaylee Adams, 3, cries. (C...
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Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes' high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
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Almost 1/4 of Ky. inmates have mental-health issue; lockups are becoming the 'new asylums,' Wall Street Journal says
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Beshear and two other Democratic governors say Obamacare is working in their states, and cite examples
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