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UK HealthCare Athletes Ready to "Survive the Night" to Raise Cancer Awareness
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UK Receives $4.6 Million in Funding as Part of National Quality Health...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 13, 2016)— The University of Kentucky is partnering with the Indiana University School of Medicine in a $46 million grant-funded initiative with the aim of improving healthcare...
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Event Promotes Dialogue on the Seen and Unseen Wounds of War
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 14, 2016) — As part of its annual symposium in Lexington later this month, the National Neurotrauma Society will host a dramatic presentation called “Theater of War” to promote...
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UK College of Public Health Faculty Selected for National Executive...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 14, 2016)— University of Kentucky professors Kathryn Cardarelli and Nancy Schoenberg recently joined the 2016-2017 class of fellows for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive...
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From AHEC Health Career Campers to Wildcats
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 17, 2016)– Established in 2005, the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Pipeline Program works to further the interest of students in health professions. One of the goals of AHEC...
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Retired UK Pediatrician Passes the Torch to Molecular Geneticist in Hopes of...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 28, 2016)— In December 1968, a widowed mother from Harriman, Tennessee, arrived with her two sons, daughter and nephew at the University of Kentucky's pediatric clinic. The four...
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Trustees Approve Fit-up of 12th Floor in Chandler Hospital's Pavilion A
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 29, 2016) – The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees last week approved a plan to fit up the 12th floor in the Albert B. Chandler Hospital's Pavilion A. Since the opening of...
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Markey Hosts Cancer Moonshot Summit in Conjunction with National Event
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 30, 2016)– The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center hosted an official Cancer Moonshot Summit on Wednesday in conjunction with the national Moonshot Summit held in...
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UK College of Pharmacy Names New Dean
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 5, 2016)– A renowned researcher who specializes in the development of drugs to combat pediatric diseases has been named the dean of the University of Kentucky’s highly ranked...
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UK Gill Heart Institute Partners with The Christ Hospital for Clinical Trial
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 6, 2016) — UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute and The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati have partnered to test a new treatment for adults with congenital heart disease. The...
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Hair Cut-A-Thon Will Fund Hair Replacements, Treatment for Pediatric Cancer...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 8, 2016) — Pediatric cancer interrupts all aspects of a child’s life, but one of the most visible signs of the treatment process is the absence of youthful hair. Recognizing that...
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Do Your Part in Not Overusing Antibiotics
By Thein Myint, infectious diseases physician at UK HealthCare LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 8, 2016) — Antibiotics have been used for the past 80 years to treat patients and have greatly reduced illness and...
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Newer Blood Thinners are Changing the Standard of Care
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 11, 2016) — Oral anticoagulants (blood thinners) are commonly prescribed for prevention of stroke due to mechanical heart valves or an irregular heart beat called atrial...
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Facial Expression Workshops Teach Doctors to Read Beyond Clinical Charts
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 12, 2016) — Doctors visually process an abundance of information when consulting with patients in a clinical setting. They examine charts and electronic records, monitor physical...
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Keeneland Concours Spotlights Hollywood Models, Chrysler in 14th Year Raising...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 12, 2016)— Automobile enthusiasts will find an array of flashy poster cars, funky mid-century roadsters and fast-breaking sports cars during the Keeneland Concours d’Elegance at...
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Polk-Dalton Clinic Ensures Compliance, Improves Satisfaction for Chronic Pain...
Opioid addiction is a complex medical disorder that impacts the entire nation, but much of the problem is condensed to disparate regions of Kentucky. This is the first installment of a series of...
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UK Surgeon-Researcher Works to Extend Cochlear Implant Program to Appalachia
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 14, 2016)– The first time Dr. Matthew Bush observed a cochlear implant surgery, he was a young medical student from West Virginia visiting the University of Kentucky. He describes...
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Markey's Miller Receives NCI Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 14, 2016)– University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Dr. Rachel Miller is one of 13 recipients of this year's National Cancer Institute Cancer Clinical Investigator Team...
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Williams to Join Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Expert Panel
Lexington, Ky. (July 15, 2016) — Dr. Mark Williams, director of the Center for Health Services Research and chief in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UK HealthCare, has been selected to be part of...
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Patient Turned Advocate Inspires Fundraiser for Parkinson's Research
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 15, 2016) — Last week, more than 300 people gathered to honor a special person and her work. That person is Ann Hanley. Her work: the Ann Hanley Parkinson's Research Fund, which...
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