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Sorting Out Those Personnel in the Pharmacy Department
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 23, 2014)— You’re waiting to pick up your prescription and you notice all those people back in the Pharmacy Department. Who are those people and what are their roles? It's normal...
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Teens Experience Symptoms of Concussion Differently, Researchers Say
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 21, 2014) — Two researchers from the University of Kentucky have demonstrated a connection between sensitivity to light or noise and increased emotional symptoms in teens who have...
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Sanders-Brown Research Presentation Garners Hirano Prize
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 22, 2014) — Dr. Peter T. Nelson of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) at the University of Kentucky, and David Fardo of UK's Department of Biostatistics, have been awarded...
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Drink to Your Health: Smoothie Demos Promote Good Nutrition for Cancer Patients
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 23, 2014) — Good nutrition is critical during cancer treatment, but side effects of chemotherapy and radiation can often cause patients to lose their appetites at a time when they...
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Expanding Cancer Treatment Options across Eastern Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 24, 2014)– Eastern Kentucky faces some of the highest rates of cancer incidence and mortality in the nation, but two hospitals in the Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) system...
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Yasuma Receives Fight for Sight Postdoctoral Research Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 28, 2014)– Tetsuhiro Yasuma, postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has been selected to...
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UK Doctor Competing in Triathlon to Benefit His Cancer Patients
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 28, 2014)– The Louisville Ironman – a triathlon consisting of a 2.4-mile swim in the Ohio River, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile run – is a competition that would test even...
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Secret Talent Revealed at UK Arts in HealthCare Employee Exhibits
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2014)— The UK Arts in HealthCare program commissions artists from as near as Kentucky and as far away as England for public exhibitions throughout the UK medical campus. But in...
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UK Psychologist Creating Online Tool to Help Patients Navigate Lung Cancer...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 30, 2014)— The phrase "we caught it early" is possibly the best news a patient can hear in the midst of a cancer diagnosis. Combating cancer in its earliest stages, when the...
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Smoke-Free Kentucky Campaign Stopping at Markey
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 30, 2014)– As part of a weeklong tour across the state, the Smoke-Free Kentucky Coalition will be making a stop at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center today at 11 a.m....
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Small Gifts from the Cathy Coop Fund are Big Blessings for Women Battling...
LEXINGTON, Ky.(Aug. 4, 2014)— Seated behind curtains at a chemotherapy chair, Nellie Smith cross-stitches a pattern to pass the hours at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center. She reads the...
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White Coats Represent New Beginning for UK College of Medicine Class of 2018
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 4, 2014) – Prior to medical school, members of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Class of 2018 were chemists, Americorp volunteers, engineers, waiters, musicians,...
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Emmy Goes To Documentary about UK HealthCare Patients Who Told Stories...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 7, 2014)— A documentary about eight UK HealthCare organ donation recipients who expressed their transplant stories through artwork has received a regional Emmy award. Filmmaker...
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UK Study Shows Promise for New Nerve Repair Technique
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 8, 2014)– A multicenter study including University of Kentucky researchers found that a new nerve repair technique yields better results and fewer side effects than other existing...
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UK Researchers Discover Surprising Differences in How Teen Athletes...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 11, 2014)– With multiple concussions between the two of them, Dan Han and Lisa Koehl's latest research interest isn't surprising. "I played competitive soccer through high...
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Art Therapy Drawn into the Patient Care Landscape at Markey Cancer Center,...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 11, 2014)— More patients are benefiting from the healing effect of creative art therapies as UK HealthCare expands the presence of art and music therapy at the Markey Cancer Center...
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UK Named One of Top Hospitals with Great Oncology Programs
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2014)– Becker’s Hospital Review magazine has listed the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital among the nation’s “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great...
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VIDEO: Community-Based Rural Cancer Prevention Program Provides Free At-Home...
Video by UK Research Media LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2014) — The University of Kentucky announced in July a $3.75 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a community-based...
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UK HealthCare Divisions Unite to Perform Rare Procedure on 12-Year-Old Trauma...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2014) — The hold of a seatbelt prevented 12-year-old Kaitlin Caldwell from being ejected from her seat when a jeep slammed into the side of her family's vehicle at 65 miles per...
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New Law Expands Role of Nurse Practitioners
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2014)– A new law that went into effect in July allows nurse practitioners in Kentucky to have an expanded role in treating patients. Nurse practitioners who meet certain...
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