UK HealthCare Doctors Take Drastic Measures to Save COVID-19 Patient
Treating a COVID-19 patient is particularly risky when they require advanced support, like a ventilator or, in dire cases, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Demetrius Booker, 40, of La...
View ArticleUK HealthCare’s eCAT ICU Team Provides Hi-Tech Bedside Support
Miles from UK HealthCare’s intensive care units ICUs), in a room with as many computer monitors as a NASA command center, a team of critical care nurses examine patients’ vital signs, review lab...
View Article'Blind Vision' Exhibition Honors the Colorful Life of Captain William E. Jordan
A new exhibition in the University of Kentucky's Albert B. Chandler Hospital’s Hamilton Gallery displays the work of Captain William E. Jordan, an artist who made remarkable color drawings after...
View ArticleUK HealthCare Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
After receiving the Pfizer vaccine shipment on Tuesday morning at UK Chandler Hospital, five emergency department employees were the first to receive the vaccine about four hours later. In about a...
View ArticleSanta Zooms into Kentucky Children’s Hospital for Virtual Visits
Because of restrictions at Kentucky Children’s Hospital (KCH), two-year-old Mac-Mac doesn’t get many visitors. But an extra special visitor stopped by via Zoom to bring him some holiday cheer. It was...
View ArticleExperts Examine Guidelines for Inclusion and Equity in Child Trauma Treatment
A group of researchers including Meghan Marsac, Ph.D., pediatric psychologist at Kentucky Children’s Hospital, are reviewing existing guidelines for clinicians and healthcare providers to address the...
View ArticleYoung Teen Continuing Active Lifestyle Thanks to Barnstable Brown Diabetes...
After spending three days in the hospital, Evie and her family headed home to Richmond with a type 1 diabetes diagnosis and a mindset that providers with UK HealthCare's Barnstable Brown Pediatric...
View ArticleStaying Safe this Holiday Season
This holiday season is anything but normal. Kelly Parsons, a social worker at the UK HealthCare Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Clinic, gives a few ways to stay connected with your loved ones this year,...
View ArticleUK HealthCare’s Gill Heart & Vascular Institute Expands Network to Paducah
As the first hospital in far Western Kentucky to join UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute’s Gill Affiliate Network, Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital now offers area residents the benefit of UK...
View ArticleKentucky Office of Rural Health Receives MediStar Award
The Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH) recently received the Excellence in Education Award, one of the annual MediStar Awards given to health care organizations and professionals in Kentucky and...
View ArticleUK Turfland Retail Pharmacy Moves Curbside Prescription Pickup
UK Turfland Retail Pharmacy continues to offer curbside prescription pickup for patients’ convenience. This service has now moved from the side of Turfland facing Harrodsburg Road (near the UK...
View ArticlePATHways Provides Second Chance for Pregnant Moms Struggling with Substance...
After fighting to achieve recovery from substance use disorder and relapsing "more than a hundred" times, Marie Vice finally found a program that helped her achieve remission and longterm recovery:...
View ArticleAnswers to Common COVID-19 Vaccine Questions
As the COVID-19 vaccine is in the first stages of rolling out, there is a lot of confusion surrounding what it is, and how it will affect your body. Kimberly Blanton, Enterprise Director of Infection...
View ArticleMarkey Study Shows Kentucky Endometrial Cancer Patients Have Higher Rates of...
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that DACH1 mutations are prevalent in Kentucky patients with endometrial cancer, suggesting that DACH1 may be a candidate...
View ArticleCall for Artists: 'Unprecedented Journey'
CREATE, in partnership with UK Arts in HealthCare and Lexington Art League invite health care professionals to submit artwork to “Unprecedented Journey,” a multi-facted health care exhibition.
View ArticleDiabetes on the Diamond: How the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center is...
This worry started for Tammy and Jeff Marsh back in 2017. Their youngest son Dillon - a junior in high school - began complaining that he was tired and losing weight. The symptoms then began getting...
View ArticleWhat to Know About Radon in Your Home
January is National Radon Action Month, a time to raise awareness of the health effects of radon and take action to lower your risk. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that seeps up from...
View ArticleMarkey Names Rogers as Director of Kentucky Cancer Program – East
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announces the appointment of Mindy Rogers as director of the Kentucky Cancer Program – East, which is housed within the Cancer Center.
View ArticleUK Study Potentially Links Low Blood Amylin Level to Reduced Progression of...
The team’s work shows that early pathological processes in the brains of individuals who are genetically predisposed to develop Alzheimer’s disease are modulated by a pancreatic hormone called amylin....
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