Hospital Innovating Care for Drug-Addicted Newborns

Hospital innovating care for drug-addicted newborns – Kentucky is ground zero for a tragic epidemic. Hundreds of babies are now being born addicted to the drugs their mothers took while they were pregnant.

Mitch McConnell's Reelection May Hinge On Obamacare Implementation In …

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The health care reforms would bring the uninsured into the doctor's office and help new moms keep health care coverage as well as boost mental health and substance abuse programs, Banahan said. “People will have more consistent health care coverage,” …
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Heroin overdose deaths rising in county, state

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Van Ingram, executive director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Policy, said the drug problem is disproportionately high in southeastern Kentucky. “If you look at the report for the combined years of 2011 and 2012… Harlan County would rank 42nd,” said …
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