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UK professor Alex Elswick overcame opioid addiction to work with others in recovery and start a community organization to aid them
By Grace SowardsUniversity of Kentucky Alex Elswick grew up with everything he needed. With two great parents, a roof over his head and good grades in school, he was...
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State’s high maternal-death rate gets study; pregnancy-related deaths mostly from violence, substance use, anxiety, depression
UK researchers studying the state’s high maternal-mortality rate include (front row, left to right) Anna Chamberlain, Ann Coker, Linda Berry, Heather Bush; (back, left to right) John O’Brien, Cynthia...
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Database lists opioid-settlement payments to local governments
Screenshot of first page of KFF Health News database of settlement payments in Kentucky through March 4 shows the top 15 recipients. How much money are your local governments getting from...
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Website that helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment now helps them find naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses
Photo from Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group Kentucky Health NewsThe state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses...
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Website that helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment now helps them find naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses
Photo from Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group Kentucky Health NewsThe state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses...