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With Exercise, We're Healthier Longer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2012) - The following column appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Sunday, Aug. 12. With Exercise, We're Healthier LongerBy Karyn Esser “Faster, higher, stronger” is the...
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'Chuy's and UK Saved My Life' — One Markey Patient's Unexpected Diagnosis
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2012) — When Roland Lewis came to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital's emergency department with stomach pain last August, he got a diagnosis he didn't expect....
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UK Adds Orthopaedic Oncologist to its Team
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 16, 2012) — UK HealthCare Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine and the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announce the appointment of a musculoskeletal oncologist...
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Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center to Offer Fall Weight Management...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 23, 2012) − Individuals who think 'diet' is a four-letter word and are tired of short term success with weight loss, are invited to sign up for the fall session of the Weight...
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UK Pharmacy Students Are Finalists in National Business Plan Competition
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 22, 2012) − A team of University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy students is one of three finalists in the Good Neighbor Pharmacy National Community Pharmacists Association's...
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UK HealthCare Adds Thoracic Surgeon to its Team
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 21, 2012) — A new specialist has joined the thoracic surgery team at UK HealthCare. Dr. Jeremiah Martin, an assistant professor of surgery in the University of Kentucky College of...
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SYMPLICITY HTN-3 Study Offers Option for High Blood Pressure Treatment
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 24, 2012) — Patients who have tried multiple treatments for high blood pressure without bringing it under control, may have another option. The University of Kentucky is now...
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UK Health Navigators at Lexington Farmer’s Market
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 27, 2012) − If you have visited the Lexington Farmer’s Market, chances are you saw the University of Kentucky’s Health Navigators setting up shop at Cheapside Park and Southland...
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UK Becomes 5th Medical Center in U.S. to Receive Triple Designation for ECMO
LEXINGTON, KY. (Aug. 27, 2012) — University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital and Kentucky Children's Hospital have been awarded the Excellence in Life Support designation from the...
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UK Celebrates Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 27, 2012) — Four years ago, Jonathan Craig rarely went outside. The Vietnam veteran suffered from debilitating emphysema and COPD, requiring the use of a motorized cart and an...
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Mediterranean Diet May Help Delay Onset of Alzheimer's
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 28, 2012) - The following column appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Sunday, Aug. 26. By Dr. Greg Jicha <?xml:namespace prefix = owc /> While we do not yet have a...
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UK Physician Dedicated to Preventing Cervical Cancer in Her Kentucky Home
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 28, 2012) −University of Kentucky physician Baretta Casey, has a deep and abiding love for her Eastern Kentucky home that her ancestors help settle. As a seventh generation native...
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Coaches, School Officials Invited to Sports-Related Concussions Program...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 28, 2012) — Specialists from University of Kentucky Sports Medicine will host a discussion on sports-related concussions from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, in the...
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UK College of Public Health Selects the First Norton Healthcare Endowed...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 28, 2012) – Lawrence Prybil, professor of health services management at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, has been named the first Norton Healthcare Endowed...
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UK's Hematology Program Celebrates 30th Anniversary
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 29, 2012) — The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant Program celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first bone marrow...
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New Study Shows Promise in Using RNA Nanotechnology to Treat Cancers and...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 4, 2012) — A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows promise for developing ultrastable RNA nanoparticles that may help treat cancer and viral infections by...
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Vasconez Elected Vice President of Southeastern Society of Plastic and...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 5, 2012) — The University of Kentucky's Dr. Henry Vasconez has been elected the 2012-13 Vice President of the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons....
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First SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Patient Receives Transplant
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 5, 2012) — The first patient to be implanted with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart in Kentucky has received a donor heart. Zack Poe, 21, of Maysville, Ky., received his new...
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UK Dental Faculty, Staff and Students Volunteer for Remote Area Medical Team...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 10, 2012) -- A group of faculty, staff, and students from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry volunteered to participate in the Remote Area Medical Team event in...
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UK Physical Therapy Students Are on the Move
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 7, 2012) − University of Kentucky students in the Physical Therapy (PT) program at the UK College of Health Sciences spend as much time outside the classroom as they do inside to...
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