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Don’t Forget to Fuel Young Athletes With Hydration and Nutrition
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 27, 2015)— With the spring sports season in full swing, parents of young athletes are busy coordinating carpool schedules to practice, purchasing proper sports equipment and...
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UK Transplant Patient Uses Personal Experiences to Help Others
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 27, 2015) — As a University of Kentucky Transplant Center patient navigator, Elaine Milem helps patients through the difficult process of preparing for and undergoing kidney...
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Markey's Bradley Receives Komen Grant to Develop Jin Shin Jyutsu Self-Help...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2015) - The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Jin Shin Jyutsu Integrative Medicine program recently received a grant of more than $10,500 from the Lexington...
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Evers Elected Treasurer for the American Surgical Association
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2015) -- Dr. Mark Evers, director of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Surgery, has been elected...
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Sanders-Brown "Mind Matters" Health Fair is May 18
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 1, 2015) - University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) will be holding its seventh annual "Mind Matters" health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 18 at the Fayette...
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Gill Heart Institute's Walk With a Doc is Back
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 1, 2015) -- Put on your walking shoes and join the Gill Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Alison Bailey for the 2015 Walk with a Doc season. From April through August, the program...
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Artificial Sweeteners: Zero Doesn't Really Mean Zero
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 4, 2015) -- The next time you add Splenda (sucralose), Sweet and Low (saccharin) or Equal (aspartame) to your tea or coffee, beware -- all three of these artificial sweeteners...
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Markey, LLS Host Fourth Annual 'Meet the Researchers Day'
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 4, 2014) — The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosted their fourth annual "Meet the Researchers Day" last Thursday. Meet the...
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Fowlkes Returns to UK to Lead Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 4, 2015) -- Dr. John Fowlkes took the helm as new director of the University of Kentucky's Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center earlier this year with a vision to build upon...
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Grant Funds Continued Study of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease in Down Syndrome
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2015) -- Two researchers from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have received a multi-million dollar grant renewal to unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and brain...
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UK Joins Nation in Saluting Nursing Profession
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2015) – During National Nurses Week, May 6-12, 2015, the University of Kentucky and the nation will celebrate 3.2 million nurses who work as providers, leaders, researchers and...
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Kentucky Primary Care Association and UK HealthCare Announce Partnership...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 7, 2015) – The Kentucky Primary Care Association (KPCA) and UK HealthCare announced today a groundbreaking partnership aimed at providing more than 800 patient care providers...
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Kentucky Hospital Association Honors Eastern State Hospital With 2015 Quality...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 8, 2015) — The Kentucky Hospital Association presented a 2015 Quality Award to Eastern State Hospital on Friday during a special awards presentation by Board Chair Dennis Johnson...
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Managing Your Child’s Tech Time
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 12, 2015) -- May is Better Hearing and Speech Month – a good time to look at how children learn speech and language. Frequent conversations with children in their early years are...
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Gill Heart Institute Receives Gold Quality Achievement Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 12, 2015) -- UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute has received the "Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Gold Quality Achievement Award" for maintaining specific quality measures...
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UK HealthCare Nurses, Employees Honored for Care, Courage and Competency
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 12, 2015)– UK HealthCare nurses show courage, compassion and clinical competency as they interact with patients, families and fellow staff members every day. Several UK HealthCare...
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Spring Forward Concert Series Features Kentucky Arts Council Performers
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 13, 2015) — Kentucky Arts Council musicians representing the genres of jazz, Bluegrass, classical piano and more will give live performances at the UK Chandler Hospital during the...
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Gill Heart Institute Receives $2.85 Million Grant to Study How Diet, Family...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 14, 2015) -- Researchers at the University of Kentucky's Gill Heart Institute have been awarded a four year, $2.85 million grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to...
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Cuban Artist's Imagined Mythological Figures Exhibited at UK Chandler Hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 14, 2015)— Without words to explain her process or motive, Misleidys Francisca Castillo Pedroso started drawing and painting muscular male figures on construction paper. She then...
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Markey's Narrative Medicine Programs Helps Heal Mind and Body
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 14, 2015) – Storytelling has always been an essential part of the human experience. From prehistoric tales of the hunt, to fairytales, and even modern blockbusters, stories have...
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