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Third Annual Gift of Life Celebration Honors Organ and Tissue Donors
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 4, 2014) — Thanks to an anonymous organ donor, 18-year-old college student Lynsey Farrar was given a second chance at life after her liver was destroyed by a deadly genetic...
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Artwork of Psychiatric Patient Known as "Sybil" Exhibited at UK Chandler...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 6, 2014) — In 1973, the best-selling book "Sybil" detailed the psychiatric case of artist Shirley Mason, who was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as...
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UK Big Blue Family VIDEO: Couple Balances Teaching, Healing & Parenting
Video Produced by UK Public Relations & Marketing. To view captions for this video, push play and click on the CC icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. If using a mobile device,...
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Palliative Care May Be the Answer for Patients Not Ready for Hospice
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 10, 2014) -- Quality of life. It is a term we often hear when someone has a life-threatening illness where treatment and therapies can prolong life but may not allow patients to...
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Dr. Barbara Phillips Named CHEST President-Elect
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 10, 2014) -- The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has announced that Dr. Barbara Phillips, professor of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine in the University...
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Candid One-Actor Performance Addresses the Realities of End-of-Life Care
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 10, 2014)— Healthy individuals tend to avoid the subjects of death, dying and end-of-life care in everyday conversation. But for providers of palliative care and people living with...
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Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Announces its 2014 "Senior Stars"
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 12, 2014) -- The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has recognized eight Kentuckians aged 80 and up (including one married couple) and three centenarians who...
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Expo Allows Close-Up Look at High Tech-Robots and Simulators Used for Medical...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 12, 2014) -- University of Kentucky faculty, staff and students are invited to a Simulation Expo sponsored by the new UK Office of Clinical Simulation. The event is being held from...
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Grant Will Help Veterans with Military Medical Training Transition into...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 13, 2014)– Frances Hardin Fanning, associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, recently received a $627,000 Health Resources and Services Administration...
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Clark Regional Medical Center Joins Forces with UK HealthCare to Provide...
WINCHESTER, Ky. (Nov. 13, 2014) -- Today, UK HealthCare announced that Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is now an affiliate in the University of Kentucky's Gill Heart Institute Affiliate Network...
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'UK at the Half' Talks to Director of Health Services Research
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2014)– Dr. Mark Williams, professor and vice chair of internal medicine and director of the Center for Health Services Research at the University of Kentucky, was featured...
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Expo Gives Close-Up Look at State-of-the-Art Robots and Simulators Used for...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 14, 2014)– Before graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, fourth year medical students participate in a simulated-based internship "prep week" that includes...
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Distractions from Mobile Devices, Headphones Threaten Teen Safety
This Your Health column first appeared in the Nov. 16 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 17, 2014)— Every morning, parents send their children out the door with homework,...
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College of Public Health to Host Panel Discussion on Post-Election Forecast...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 18, 2014) —The University of Kentucky College of Public Health will host a Grand Rounds seminar 11 a.m., Nov. 20 in 115 College of Nursing, featuring a panel discussion on the...
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Health IT Funding Initiative Supports Rural Kentucky Providers Transitioning...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 18, 2014) -- More than 85 national and state rural health stakeholders came together Oct. 16 in Somerset to discuss Health Information Technology (Health IT) funding initiatives...
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Employees Can Sponsor Children in Need During Annual Circle of Love
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 19, 2014)— UK HealthCare employees, volunteers and departmental groups can brighten the holidays for families in need by fulfilling a child's wish list through the Circle of Love...
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UK Center of Excellence In Rural Health and Kentucky Office of Rural Health...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2014)– The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) encourages rural providers and communities to join the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH), the...
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Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky Recognizes Inaugural Graduating Class
HAZARD, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2014) — Graduates of the inaugural class of the Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky (CLIK) will be recognized today at a ceremony held in conjunction with National Rural...
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Markesbery Symposium Presents Latest Research on Aging and Dementia
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 25, 2014)— More than 450 scientists, researchers and laypeople converged on Lexington last week for the fourth annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia, hosted by the...
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Harmonica-Playing Surgeon Nationally Recognized for Advocating Music Therapy
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 25, 2014) — When presented with a national award for his contributions to music therapy, Dr. Jay Zwischenberger showed his appreciation with a felicitous expression of music. He...
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