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UK HealthCare's Christopher Doty Recognized for Resident Education Work
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 15, 2016) — UK HealthCare's Dr. Christopher Doty was awarded the Joe Lex Educator Award by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) at the 22nd annual Scientific...
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First Class of IPE Fellows Bridge Gaps Between Health Professions through...
LEXINGTON, Ky.(March 15, 2016)— University of Kentucky faculty members across health care colleges and disciplines were recognized as members of the first class of Interprofessional Education (IPE)...
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Kentucky Makes Progress Reducing Colorectal Cancer Rates
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 16, 2016)– Fifteen years ago, Kentucky was ranked first in the nation for both the highest incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer. These statistics are made more...
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UK College of Health Sciences Student and Husband to Open Clinic in Kenya
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 18, 2016) — At age 19, Amy Hehre was not only dreaming of her future – she was drawing the blueprints for it. It wasn’t a suburban dream home she was planning. Instead, Amy mapped...
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See Cuba "Through the Eyes of Children" With UK Arts in HealthCare
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 21, 2016) – To Americans, Cuba has largely remained a mystery. Though it is less than 500 miles from the Florida coast, travel has been restricted since the 1960s. A shift in...
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation Can Improve Health for Patients With Lung Disease
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 21, 2016)— Kentucky is well known for basketball and horses. Unfortunately, it is also well known as a "smoker's state" as more than one quarter of all Kentuckians smoke. That...
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Legacy Gift for NICU Renovations Honors Mother of Outgoing KCH Council Chair...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 21, 2016) — In the Kentucky Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), a shared sense of loyalty to patients unites neonatologists, nurses, surgeons and support...
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Houston, We Have a Problem: Astronaut Jim Lovell to Headline Sanders-Brown...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 23, 2016) — You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't heard the phrase, "Houston, we have a problem." Those five words scrambled NASA Flight Control in Houston and made...
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National Summit on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse Spotlights UK...
ATLANTA, Ga.(March 28, 2016)— The spread of prescription drug and heroin abuse in America has escalated to the status of a national epidemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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UK Adolescent Psychiatrist, Pharmacist Urge Collective Action to Prevent...
ATLANTA, Ga. (March 30, 2016)— Solving the complex problem of prescription drug and opioid abuse in Kentucky requires a coordinated response involving all facets of the health care profession. Dr....
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UK HealthCare VP Moderates Opening Panel at National Rx and Heroin Summit
ATLANTA, Ga. (March 29, 2016)— UK HealthCare Vice President for Administration and External Affairs Mark D. Birdwhistell moderated a panel conversation about combating prescription drug and heroin...
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Capilouto Directs Attention to UK Research, Clinical Practice at National...
ATLANTA, Ga. (March 31, 2016)— University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto positioned Kentucky as leader — not a victim — of the nation’s prescription drug and heroin crisis as a keynote presenter...
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Lexus Comes as Unexpected Reward for Family Fighting Cancer at KCH
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 1, 2016) — For Jackie Rogers, riding in her flashy new Lexus ES-350 is like “floating on air.” Rogers admits she's a bit obsessive about safeguarding the brand new car....
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The Facts About Addiction Disorders
This column appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Sunday, April 3, 2016. LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 4, 2016) — With 23 to 25 million Americans struggling with an addiction disorder, every person in the...
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UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health Hosts Academic Advising Summit
Hazard, Ky. (April 5, 2016) — The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) Student Services Office held an Academic Advising Summit on March 4 in Hazard. The summit was...
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UK Nursing Alumnus Delivers Second Edition of the Nursing Leadership Lecture...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 5, 2016)— University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Dean Juliann Sebastian, a graduate and former assistant dean of the University of Kentucky College of Nursing,...
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Dr. Nikki Stone: Leading UK's Mobile Dental Program to Serve the Children of...
LEXINGTON, Ky. ( April 7, 2016)–When Dr. Daria 'Nikki' Stone, associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, became the director of the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile program in...
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VIDEO: Family Impacted by UK's Sanders-Brown Hopes to be Part of Alzheimer's...
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Wear Blue for the Welfare of Kentucky’s Children on April 8
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 7, 2016) — University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare employees seldom need convincing to wear blue in support of UK athletic teams. But on Friday, April 8, wearing blue signifies...
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Conference to Highlight Changes in the Neurology and Neurosurgery Fields
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 11, 2016) —The University of Kentucky College of Medicine Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute will host an accredited event to bring...
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