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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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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report finds many states do not have effective strategies in place to fight prescription drug a...

Prescription drugs killing more women than ever; Kentucky ties for fifth for its high percentage of deaths

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The ongoing national epidemic of addiction to prescription painkillers is spreading more quickly among women, and it is killing more women t...

Sick of all the bad facts about Kentucky's health? Here's encouraging news about oral health and drug treatment

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Despite the plethora of bad news about Kentucky's poor health status, there are many positive initiatives for Kentucky's oral health...

Fort Campbell works to address post-traumatic stress disorder, common ailment of Afghanistan-Iraq veterans

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Research shows almost 14 percent of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afganistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and...

Pike court will keep lawsuit county and attorney general filed against Purdue Pharma over damage done by its OxyContin

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A state court will hear the Kentucky attorney general's 2007 lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma , against the wishes o...

Managed-care doctor creates process to steer pregnant Medicaid recipients who are using dangerous drugs into treatment

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When Dr. Jeremy Corbett of Lexington found that "nearly one in five pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid managed-care program where...

Oregon may show the way for Kentucky in drug treatment

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In facing up to its need for more drug-treatment facilities, Kentucky could learn some lessons from Oregon, Courier-Journal reporter Laura ...

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...