Parents, children should discuss HPV vaccine, study indicates
A study at Ohio State University found that college-aged women who have talked to their mothers about the human papillomavirus are more likely to get the vaccine that prevents it,...
Day: October 18, 2011
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Conway supports, P’Pool opposes meds-for-meth law; Conway defends decsion not to join lawsuits about federal health reform
In a debate where most of the sparks flew over often-specious questions about conflicts of interest, one of the biggest substantive disagreements between the candidates for attorney general Monday night...
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Directory listing 2,500 substance-abuse treatment resources in Kentucky released; every county has at least one facility
There are 2,500 resources for substance abuse treatment in Kentucky, with at least one in each county, research at the University of Kentucky has found. “In addition to the 345...
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Former official: DEA failed to slow prescription drug abuse epidemic by not limiting production
At a time when Oxycontin abuse was rapidly increasing, the Drug Enforcement Agency had the power to slow production of the drug and perhaps stave off what is now a...
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New Florida laws helping stem flow of pills, but loopholes remain and trade is shifting to other states
Though pill mills continue to be a big problem in Florida, where lax laws have fueled Kentucky’s prescription pill trade, there is evidence that the tides are slowly turning in...