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Cancer Treatment Developed at UK Approved for Clinical Trials
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2015) -- An investigational medical device for the treatment of late stage lung cancer, pioneered by researchers at University of Kentucky, has been approved for clinical...
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UK Dental Faculty Present at College of Diplomates of the American Board of...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2015) - Faculty members from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry's Center for Oral Health Research had a prominent presence at the recent College of Diplomates of...
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Sanders-Brown Researcher Tapped for Academic-Industry Collaborative Grant
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2015) -- Inflammation is on the research community's "Most Wanted" list as the possible culprit in many diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and rheumatoid arthritis....
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UK's Kentucky REC Receives MediStar Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2015) – The Kentucky Regional Extension Center (REC), based at the University of Kentucky, received the A.O. Sullivan Award for Excellence in Education during the ninth annual...
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UK HealthCare Pharmacy Tech Chosen as Finalist for National Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 10, 2015)– UK HealthCare's Ashley Ackerman is one of eight finalists for the Certified Pharmacy Technician of the Year award from the Pharmacy Technicians Certification Board...
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10th Anniversary Celebration Held for Eastern Kentucky Dental Outreach Program
HAZARD, Ky. (Sept. 10, 2015) ̶ University of Kentucky, UK HealthCare and the UK North Fork Valley Community Health Center celebrated the 10th anniversary and the success story of the Ronald McDonald...
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Plant Extract From Traditional Indian Medicine May Fight Blood Cancer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2015)— A University of Kentucky study shows that withaferin A, a component of Withania somnifera (winter cherry) plant extract, may hold promise as a new treatment for...
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UK College of Health Sciences: The Gateway to the Health Sciences
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2015)— As the University of Kentucky’s celebration of its 150th anniversary winds down, the UK College of Health Sciences is ramping up for its 50th anniversary in 2016. With...
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Tobacco Industry Uses Advertising to Target Youth with e-Cigarettes
This article first appeared in the Sept. 20 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 21, 2015) — In the 1970s U.S. Congress banned tobacco ads to protect our impressionable youth...
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UK College of Nursing Fills Need for Community Health in Wilmore
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2015) — The University of Kentucky College of Nursing opened its first faculty-run community health center to bill for patient services in historic downtown Wilmore, Kentucky,...
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VIDEO: Watch UK HealthCare's Kidney Donor Chain Announcement
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2015) — Today, UK HealthCare will announce its first "kidney donor chain" and patients in the chain will learn who their respective donors/recipients were for the first...
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UK HealthCare Celebrates Kentucky's Longest "Kidney Donor Chain"
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 24, 2015)– Six of the eight patients who recently took part in UK HealthCare's first kidney donor chain learned who their respective recipients or donors were for the first...
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Registration Open for Fifth Annual Markesbery Symposium Set for Nov. 20-21
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 24, 2015) -UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) is hosting its fifth annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia on Nov. 20-21. This two day program will offer sessions...
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U.S. Office of Naval Research Awards $4.2 Million Grant to UK College of...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 28, 2015) – Scott. M. Lephart, Ph.D., dean of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences, and colleagues have received a $4,188,000 grant from the Department of...
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UK Symposium to Feature Nationally-recognized Chefs and Neuroscientists
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 29, 2015) — Register now for the inaugural International Society of Neurogastronomy symposium, which will be held at the University of Kentucky on Nov. 7, 2015. Featuring...
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Dutch named American Society of Virology President-Elect
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 1, 2015)— University of Kentucky College of Medicine Professor Rebecca Dutch has been named President-Elect for the American Society for Virology (ASV). The American Society of...
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Public Health Researcher Develops Innovative Tool to Quicken COPD Diagnosis
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 2, 2015)— An umbrella term for impaired lung function, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) describes a number of diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis and some...
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College of Dentistry Presents White Coats to Class of 2019
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2015) − The University of Kentucky College of Dentistry welcomed 65 new students into the dental profession with the presentation of the traditional doctors white coat at a...
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UK HealthCare Physicians Named to 2015-16 Best Doctors List
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2015) – UK HealthCare has more than 125 physicians practicing medicine with UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital, UK Good Samaritan Hospital and...
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Health Care Providers Play a Key Role in Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
This column by DeShana Collett and Tamara Bennett, Assistant Professors in the Division of Physician Assistant Studies in the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences, appeared in the Sunday,...
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