Add Comment attorney general, death, drug abuse, drug use, drugs, prescription drugs Edit Attorney General Beshear joins multi-state effort to investigate role of drug manufacturers in opioid crisis By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Andy Beshear announced June 21 that he is working with attorneys general from acros... Read More
Add Comment death, drugs, General Assembly, hospice, legislature, marijuana, state government Edit Louisville senator hopes third time is charm for his bill to allow marijuana to be used to alleviate suffering of the terminally ill Kentucky should join the states that have authorized marijuana for medical use, and allow it to be used to relieve suffering of the terminal... Read More
Add Comment cancer, cigarette tax, death, General Assembly, Governor, health policy, heart disease, legislature, politics, smoking, smoking ban, smoking cessation, tobacco, tobacco prevention Edit Anti-smoking expert: Cigarettes kill 8,900 Kentuckians a year, so it's time to raise cigarette tax and pass statewide smoking ban By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death that we know of," Ellen Hahn, direc... Read More
Add Comment death, diabetes, research Edit Study concludes that diabetes may kill four times as many people as reported; 13.4% of Kentucky adults have diabetes Medical News Today photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Diabetes may be responsible for nearly four ti... Read More
Add Comment coroners, courts, death, drug abuse, medical examiners, narcotics, politics, state government Edit Medical examiner quits, then stays; was in dispute over resources, autopsy delays, hiring of former legislator to run office Photo illustration from WKYT-TV Dr. William Ralston quit his job as the state's chief medical examiner Friday "over frustrations in... Read More