Nurse practitioners want to change law that requires them to make deals with physicians to prescribe strong painkillers

Nurse practitioners Julie Gaskins, left, and Beth Partin own Family First Health in Columbia. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By Melissa Patrick...

National survey finds many Americans can't identify mental-health problems, and even some who do are unfamiliar with treatment

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than half of Americans recognize symptoms of anxiety, and many don't know what to do about...

Poll: Almost half of Ky. adults know someone who is depressed, and 30 percent say they don't know where to call for treatment

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly half of Kentucky adults know someone who has a serious problem with depression, and most say ...

Senate Health and Welfare Chair Julie Raque Adams, a Republican moderate from Louisville, had a banner session

Sen. Julie Raque Adams By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The term "public servant" comes to mind when state Sen. Julie Raque...

More health bills pass as legislative session ends; one would require doctor's OK to play student athletes after concussions

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Several more health-related legislation passed in the final two days of the General Assembly's s...

Without dissent, General Assembly overrides governor's veto of bill allowing courts to require outpatient mental-health treatment

Mental-health advocates lobbied for "Tim's Law" outside the state Senate chamber on March 29.  (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By M...

59 percent of Ky. adults have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, linked to physical and mental health issues

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many health-care providers have started looking at adver...

Louisville's Our Lady of Peace opens first retail pharmacist-operated, long-acting injection clinic; will mostly treat opioid abuse

                               Insider Louisville photo Kentucky is again leading the nation in finding ways to combat the opioid epidemic, ...