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UK Center for Excellence in Rural Health Recognizes National Rural Health Day
HAZARD, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2012)– The University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) recognized National Rural Health Day with the support of Gov. Steve Beshear, who proclaimed Nov. 15...
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Book, Seminar Explore the State of Public Health in America
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2012)– On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act by a vote of five to four. Resulting in national news blunders and...
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'UK at the Half' Features UK HealthCare's Transplant Program
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 6, 2012)— Dawn Nelson, a recent heart-double lung transplant patient at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, and her doctors were the guests on Tuesday's "UK at the Half,"...
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Markey Raises more than $18,000 for Light the Night
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2012)— The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Light the Night team raised $18,489.93 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's annual event this year. Light the Night is...
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Circle of Love Staff Volunteers Rewarded by Giving Back to Community
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2012) - Early Friday morning, while many children are busy in school, Santa and his UK HealthCare volunteer elves will load up more than 800 presents and deliver them to...
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UK Clinic Renamed for Student Group Dedicated to Its Care for Pediatric...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2012)— DanceBlue, a student-run philanthropy at the University of Kentucky, announced today the group is making a $1 million pledge over the next four years to the pediatric...
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UK NSSLHA Holds Bandana Drive to Benefit Ecuadorian Child Development Center
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 26, 2012) -- The University of Kentucky's National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) at the UK College of Health Sciences has been holding a "Bandana Drive"...
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UK Clinic Renamed for Student Group Dedicated to Its Care for Pediatric...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2012)— DanceBlue, a student-run philanthropy at the University of Kentucky, announced Friday, Dec. 7, the group is making a $1 million pledge over the next four years to the...
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Don't Slack on Winter Fitness
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 11, 2012) - The following column appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Sunday, Dec. 9. By Kelly Eversol<a...
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Robertson Named to Kentucky Radon Advisory Committee
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 12, 2012) − Heather Robertson, administrator of the Clean Indoor Air Partnership at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, was recently appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear to...
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Kentucky Receives Top Honors in Nation’s Capital for Health IT Collaboration
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 12, 2012)– Representatives from the Kentucky Regional Extension Center (Kentucky REC), housed at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and the Kentucky Health...
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Tis the Season — Frankfort Women Give to Markey
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 12, 2012) − A group of ladies from Frankfort are giving back to the community in a big way this holiday season — by supporting local research for women's cancers. On Monday,...
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Behavioral Science to Honor Founding Chair Dr. Robert Straus on his 90th...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 14, 2012) — A celebration of Dr. Robert Straus’s 90th birthday will be held at the Hilary J. Boone Center on the campus of the University of Kentucky, on Jan. 9, 2013. From 3...
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Nursing Graduate Takes Her Skills to the Global Community
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2012) − Andrea Kohlman, one of the University of Kentucky's nearly 750 undergraduate students participating in Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 14, has gone on numerous mission...
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UK HealthCare's New State-of-the-Art Pathology Equipment Increases Lab...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2012) — UK HealthCare has recently improved its laboratory testing capabilities in its hospitals and clinics with new state-of-the-art equipment designed to increase testing...
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Gift Ideas for Older Friends, Loved Ones
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2012) - The following column appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Sunday, Dec. 16. By Julie Lassslo Buying gifts for the older loved ones in your life is often the most...
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Perfecting the Celebrate Kentucky Wall: Who Does That?
LEXINGTON, Ky. (November 29, 2012) – It's hard to miss the images and videos of Kentucky's people, places and poignant moments which cover an entire wall at the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital...
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Kentucky Homeplace Partners with United Way of Southeastern Kentucky
HAZARD, Ky. (Dec. 19, 2012)– Kentucky Homeplace has joined as a member agency with United Way of Southeastern Kentucky (UWSEKY), which serves an eight county region in rural Appalachia. UWSEKY was...
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Hays Elected Fellow of American College of Psychiatry
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 20, 2012) - The American College of Psychiatry elected Dr. Lon Hays, director of the University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry, as a fellow of the national organization....
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Markey Receives Grant to Continue Jin Shin Jyutsu Program
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 2, 2013)— The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Jennifer Bradley has received funding from the Lexington Cancer Foundation to continue the Jin Shin Jyutsu program in...
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