Nov 26 Health Study Shows Ohio Valley’s Premature Deaths Driving Down National Longevity Rates A new medical study shows that after decades of increasing life expectancy across the country, people are living shorter lives. And that trend is in part driven by premature deaths among people in the Ohio Valley due to the opioid epidemic, suicide and alcohol abuse. The article published Tuesday in the Journal of the American […] By Mary Meehan Nov 26 Health Study Shows Ohio Valley’s Premature Deaths Driving Down National Longevity Rates Mary Meehan