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Tips for Parents in Managing Distress in Children Following Terrorist Attacks
This article first appeared in the Sunday, Nov. 29 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 30, 2015) — Whether it is the local evening news or a 24-hour cable news channel, images...
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UK HealthCare Transplants Record Number of New Hearts in Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2015)– The University of Kentucky Transplant Center recently performed its 38th adult heart transplant for 2015, setting a record for the most heart transplants performed by a...
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Music Arrives With the Holiday Season at UK HealthCare Locations
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 2, 2015)— A variety of musical performers will enliven UK HealthCare facilities with holiday tunes throughout the month of December. Soloists, UK Opera Theatre carolers, ensembles,...
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Shriners and Patients Celebrate Topping Out of New Facilty at UK
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 2, 2015) — Shriners Hospitals for Children and UK Healthcare celebrated an important milestone in the construction of the $47 million Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center...
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UK College of Dentistry Students Continue Seal Kentucky Tradition
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2015) — In support of the Seal Kentucky program, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry first-year dental students visited four elementary schools in the state this fall....
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KNI Re-designated a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2015) — UK HealthCare's Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) has been re-designated a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) by The Joint Commission (TJC) and the American Heart...
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UK HealthCare Featured as Equality Leader in the 2016 Healthcare Equality Index
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2015) — UK HealthCare will be featured as an Equality Leader in the 2016 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation based in Washington...
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Stroke is a "Woman's Disease"
This column appeared in the Dec. 6, 2015 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2015) — Commonly thought of as a problem primarily affecting older men, stroke is a woman’s...
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Markey Hosting Wreath Auction to Benefit Expressions of Courage
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2015)– This week, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is hosting an online wreath auction to raise money for their annual Expressions of Courage Celebration in...
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Dobbs Appointed to Editorial Position for Prestigious National Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 9, 2015) — Dr. Michael Dobbs,associate chief medical officer for UK HealthCare, has been named associate editor for the publication, Quality Management in Health Care (QMHC),...
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UK Stroke Researcher Named Honorary Lecturer at University of Glasgow
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2015) — Dr. Gregory Bix has been given honorary status in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Bix will be an honorary...
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Campbell Muscle Lab Gives Back to Heart Failure Patients by Running to Raise...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 14, 2015) — Every day throughout 2015, University of Kentucky physiologist Ken Campbell laced up his running shoes and took off for a 5-kilometer run, regardless of his...
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Ambati Elected to National Academy of Inventors
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 15, 2015)– Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and vice chair in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and professor of physiology at the University of Kentucky...
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UK Dental Students Becoming More Mindful
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 21, 2015) - Studies show that mindfulness, the skill of learning to pay attention without judgment to one’s present–moment experience, offers a way to improve a person’s...
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UK College of Dentistry Doctor Named Kentucky Oral Health Champion
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 22, 2015) - The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition (KOHC) has named University of Kentucky College of Dentistry (UKCD) faculty member Dr. Laura Hancock Jones a Kentucky Oral Health...
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UK HealthCare Critical Care Team Saves Lebanon Man
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 21, 2015)— Darrell Raikes waved sleepily to his wife Sarah as they wheeled him down to the operating room for a routine knee replacement on May 26th. He woke up in the Critical...
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Hardin Memorial Health Joins Markey Research Network
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 21, 2015) -- Hardin Memorial Health has joined the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Research Network, allowing patients across Central Kentucky to participate in...
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New Year, New Lease on Life for Two Louisville Transplant Patients
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 8, 2016)– While Friday the 13th is traditionally associated with bad luck, it now represents an important anniversary for 64-year-old Louisville resident Stan Burch. Stan, who had...
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10,000 Steps Can Help Increase Daily Activity
This column first appeared in the Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 12, 2016) — "Have you gotten your 10,000 steps today?" As more and more people are...
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Williams Named to Editorial Advisory Board of Joint Commission Journal on...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 14, 2016)– Dr. Mark V. Williams, professor and vice chair in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky, has been named to the advisory board of The Joint...
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