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UK HealthCare Delivers Gifts to Needy Through Circle of Love
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 16, 2013) -- UK HealthCare volunteers and employees did a lot of heavy lifting Friday, Dec. 13, as schools from nine Central Kentucky counties arrived to pick up hundreds of gifts...
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Remaining “Chronically Curious” Key to Ann Smith’s Success
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2013)– Though she acknowledges that “ambitious” is a valid descriptor, UK HealthCare Chief Administrative Officer Ann Smith says there’s a different term she’d use to describe...
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UK Organ Donor to be Featured in Rose Parade on New Year’s Day
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2013)— A Mount Sterling man, who upon his death saved and enhanced the lives of many others through organ and tissue donation at the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital, will be...
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Holmes Selected for 2014 National Rural Health Fellowship
HAZARD, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2013)– Gretchen Norling Holmes, assistant director of research at the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) in Hazard, has been selected by the...
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University of Kentucky and the Kentucky National Guard Announce Partnership
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2013)– University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto and Major General Ed Tonini, Adjutant General for the Kentucky National Guard, signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
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Free Showing of Holocaust Documentary Will be Sunday in Pavilion A Auditorium
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 3, 2014) -- Dr. Michael and Mrs. Ellen Karpf are hosting a viewing of “No Place on Earth,” a documentary about a group of Ukrainian Jews who lived in a cave for 18 months during...
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Quick Action by UK HealthCare Multidisciplinary Team Saves Life of Young Mother
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 7, 2014) -- By all accounts, Courtney Wilson is lucky to be celebrating another new year. The 30-year-old preschool teacher's assistant from Russell County awoke one morning...
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UK Hosting Free Lecture on Hip Preservation Techniques
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2013)– Join two UK HealthCare experts for a free lecture and information session on hip preservation techniques on Saturday, Jan. 25. UK orthopaedic surgeons Dr. Stephen Duncan...
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Karpf to Speak at Jan. 9 Art Exhibit in Danville
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 8, 2014) – The Community Arts Center in Danville will hosts its second annual “New Year New Art” exhibit this month, featuring works less than four months old by more than 20...
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New Study Shows Promise for Preventing Therapy Resistance in Tumor Cells
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2013)– A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests that activating the tumor suppressor p53 in normal cells causes them to secrete Par-4, another potent tumor...
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Wilcock Appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Neuroscience
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 14, 2014)— Donna Wilcock, assistant professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Physiology and the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, has been invited...
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New Lecture Series to Promote Benefits of Music in Wellness, Health Care
A new lecture series presented by mUsiKcare will highlight wellness and health care benefits of music programs like the UK piano courses for individuals 50 years of age and older. A transcript of this...
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Rinker Wins Award for Paper Highlighting New Post-Mastectomy Surgery Technique
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 15, 2014)— The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recently awarded UK HealthCare's Dr. Brian Rinker a "Best Paper" designation for his contribution to Plastic and Reconstructive...
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UK Experts Warn of Increased Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 15, 2014) – Wintry weather and extremely cold temperatures mean an increased chance of cases involving carbon monoxide poisoning in the workplace. When fuel-burning equipment or...
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UK HealthCare Implements Temporary Restrictions on Inpatient Visitation Due...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 15, 2014)– UK HealthCare has temporarily amended its inpatient hospital visitation policy to be proactive in helping protect the health and well-being of patients and health care...
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UK Employees Providing Hope for Haiti
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 21, 2014)— For most of us, vacation days are used for relaxing, traveling, sight-seeing, or even just doing nothing. For some University of Kentucky employees, however, those...
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New Study Examines Patterns of Cancer Screening in Appalachian Women
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2014)— A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows that women who never or rarely screen for breast cancer are also unlikely to receive screening for cervical...
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Art Meets Science: A Profile on Dr. Michael Dobbs
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 24, 2014) -- One doesn't expect that the chief of neurology would have a lot of downtime. But, as Dr. Michael Dobbs explains, working as a neurologist at UK HealthCare can...
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UK Gill Heart Institute, Whitesburg's MCHC, ARH Cardiology Associates Join...
WHITESBURG, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2014) -- Letcher County community leaders and health care providers gathered in Whitesburg on Jan. 23, to celebrate a new partnership among Mountain Comprehensive Healthcare...
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UK HealthCare Announces Plans to Lease, Renovate Former Dillard's Store
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 29, 2014) -- UK HealthCare has announced plans to lease and renovate the former Dillard's location at Turfland Mall on Harrodsburg Road for consolidation and relocation of some of...
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