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FDA wants to limit number of hydrocodone refills available without another doctor visit; approves pure version of drug
Conway says ruling in his Oxycontin lawsuit means he will seek settlement of $100 million or more
Anthem gift will let Kentucky Homeplace expand diabetes self-management and education project to counties in Western Ky.
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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Appalachia,
drug abuse,
drug use,
health policy,
public health,
state law
UK's Gill Heart Institute joins Appalachian Regional Healthcare to advance specialty heart care in Eastern Kentucky
Appalachian Regional Healthcare , the Appalachian Heart Center and UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart Institute announced a new collaboration to d...
UK joins Eastern Ky. Healthcare Coalition, giving it five hospitals
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Appalachia,
Hospitals
Pikeville Medical Center joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
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Appalachia,
Hospitals,
rural health,
rural medicine
Study suggesting that coal is a cause of health problems in E. Ky. is disputed by industry and politicians, defended by researcher
Study finds only counties in Appalachia, mostly in Kentucky, had increasing rates of death among both sexes as century turned
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Appalachia,
county health,
education,
health rankings,
poverty,
rural health,
women,
women's health
Poll shows depth of prescription drug abuse in Kentucky
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Appalachia,
drug abuse,
drugs,
pain,
poll,
prescription drug abuse,
prescription drugs,
research
Pike court will keep lawsuit county and attorney general filed against Purdue Pharma over damage done by its OxyContin
A state court will hear the Kentucky attorney general's 2007 lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma , against the wishes o...
UK, ARH planning efforts against high rate of heart-disease deaths and limited availability of proper food in Perry County
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Appalachia,
heart disease,
hypertension,
nutrition,
obesity,
restaurants
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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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Part 1 is here . This is the second a series of posts I plan on the issue of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" regarding... -
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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Jennifer Tolbert After The Rural Blog published an item ( see below ) yesterday that said 80 percent of people who could benefit from insur... -
Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ... -
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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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
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Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
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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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FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health director Jeffrey Shuren MD JD voiced the opinion a few years ago that what FDA knows a...
