Princess Health and Official praises needle exchanges and medication-assisted treatment for addiction: 'Treatment works. Recovery is possible.' . Princessiccia

Princess Health and Official praises needle exchanges and medication-assisted treatment for addiction: 'Treatment works. Recovery is possible.' . Princessiccia

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Scott HesseltineScott Hesseltine, the new vice-president of addiction services at...

Princess Health and Leading tobacco foe is fighting Big Tobacco again, this time because the industry has taken over the electronic cigarette trade. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Leading tobacco foe is fighting Big Tobacco again, this time because the industry has taken over the electronic cigarette trade. Princessiccia

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By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsOne of the nation's top anti-tobacco advocates...

Princess Health and Women in small-town America aren't living as long as before; alcohol, drugs, food, housing, jobs, education, pollution to blame. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Women in small-town America aren't living as long as before; alcohol, drugs, food, housing, jobs, education, pollution to blame. Princessiccia

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By Trudy LiebermanRural Health News ServiceThose of us who grew up in small rural...

Princess Health and Trying to stop overdose epidemic, CDC tells docs to limit most opioid prescriptions to 3-7 days, use low doses and warn patients. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Trying to stop overdose epidemic, CDC tells docs to limit most opioid prescriptions to 3-7 days, use low doses and warn patients. Princessiccia

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Graphic from CDC guideline brochureKentucky Health NewsDoctors who prescribe highly...

Princess Health and Princess Health andIncreasingly common heroin addiction overwhelms agencies.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Princess Health andIncreasingly common heroin addiction overwhelms agencies.Princessiccia

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Jails, treatment facilities, drug courts and hospitals are struggling to provide...

Princess Health and Princess Health andStates and their congressmen battling new painkiller that is easier to crush and inject.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Princess Health andStates and their congressmen battling new painkiller that is easier to crush and inject.Princessiccia

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Some states are restricting the use of the new painkiller Zohydro, "setting up a...

Princess Health and Princess Health andGeneral Assembly's failure to pass heroin bill incites wrath, calls for local action and a special session.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Princess Health andGeneral Assembly's failure to pass heroin bill incites wrath, calls for local action and a special session.Princessiccia

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In the final hours of the 2014 legislative session, the House failed to pass Senate...

Princess Health and Princess Health andHighly addictive, crushable pain killer to be released this month; political leaders beg FDA to reconsider its decision .Princessiccia

Princess Health and Princess Health andHighly addictive, crushable pain killer to be released this month; political leaders beg FDA to reconsider its decision .Princessiccia

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A new narcotic pain pill is set to be released to the market this month, and critics...

Princess Health and Big papers' Page 1 stories spotlight recovery center for pill addicts, lack of state program for problem gamblers.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Big papers' Page 1 stories spotlight recovery center for pill addicts, lack of state program for problem gamblers.Princessiccia

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Gripping stories from recovering addicts, on the front pages of Kentucky's two largest...

Princess Health and FDA likely to make hydrocodone painkillers harder to prescribe.Princessiccia

Princess Health and FDA likely to make hydrocodone painkillers harder to prescribe.Princessiccia

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Prescription painkillers containing hydrocodone should be placed in a more restrictive...

Princess Health and Coventry changes course, will pay for addiction-treatment drug.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Coventry changes course, will pay for addiction-treatment drug.Princessiccia

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Reversing its decision, likely after it was pressured to do so, a Medicaid managed-care...

Princess Health and Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry plans to stop paying for expensive drug that curtails addiction.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry plans to stop paying for expensive drug that curtails addiction.Princessiccia

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Coventry Cares, one of the four firms that manage patient care for the state Medicaid...

Princess Health and Need for painkillers and social support, shortage of treatment programs, feeds prescription drug abuse in Appalachian Ky..Princessiccia

Princess Health and Need for painkillers and social support, shortage of treatment programs, feeds prescription drug abuse in Appalachian Ky..Princessiccia

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By Ivy BrashearKentucky Health NewsTaking opioids is still the best way to treat...