Nurse practitioners Julie Gaskins, left, and Beth Partin own Family First Health in Columbia. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By Melissa Patrick...
Showing posts with label drug abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug abuse. Show all posts
Sunday, May 21, 2017
AIDS
county health departments
drug abuse
drug treatment
drug use
hepatitis c
HIV
infectious diseases
local government
neonatal care
pregnancy
state budget
Ky. is a national leader in hepatitis C, but many counties at risk shun syringe exchanges that could prevent disease outbreaks
"Growing intravenous drug use by people sharing syringes to inject heroin and other substances" has helped make Kentucky a nationa...
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hepatitis c,
HIV,
infectious diseases,
local government,
neonatal care,
pregnancy,
state budget
Sunday, April 23, 2017
courts
doctors
drug abuse
narcotics
physicians
prescription drug abuse
prescription drugs
Southern Ky. doctor charged with illegal prescriptions that feds say caused 3 deaths; another will serve a year on similar charges
One Southern Kentucky physician was sentenced this month to a year and a day in prison for illegally prescribing painkillers to five people,...
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prescription drugs
Friday, April 14, 2017
addiction
courts
drug abuse
drug prevention
drug treatment
narcotics
obituaries
state government
After their child died from a drug overdose, a Kentucky family joined those who are choosing to tell the truth about addiction
By Traci Thomas Kentucky Health News The obituary for Katherine Bryant Reynolds, published in the April 5 Lexington Herald-Leader , was eng...
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drug abuse,
drug prevention,
drug treatment,
narcotics,
obituaries,
state government
State health department offers services to fight opioid epidemic, including free antidote for overdoses and education about it
The state Department for Public Health is reminding communities of the services it offers to address the impact of opioid abuse, and to edu...
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health departments,
hepatitis c,
HIV,
narcotics,
state government
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
drug abuse
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
hepatitis c
HIV
needle exchange
poll
polls
syringe exchanges
About half of Kentucky adults support syringe exchanges, meant to decrease the risk of outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More Kentucky adults favor syringe exchanges than oppose them, and the more they know about them, th...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,
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HIV,
needle exchange,
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polls,
syringe exchanges
Young, white, lower-income and lesser-educated men have greatest increase in heroin addiction, study finds
Young, white men with lower education and income levels have experienced the greatest increase in heroin use and addiction, a study has fou...
Saturday, April 1, 2017
coroners
courts
death
drug abuse
medical examiners
narcotics
politics
state government
Medical examiner quits, then stays; was in dispute over resources, autopsy delays, hiring of former legislator to run office
Photo illustration from WKYT-TV Dr. William Ralston quit his job as the state's chief medical examiner Friday "over frustrations in...
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death,
drug abuse,
medical examiners,
narcotics,
politics,
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