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Dry Eye is Common and Easily Treated
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 18, 2016) — Our eyes can become dry and uncomfortable due to a number of things - irritants in the environment, age, gender, certain medications or medical conditions - that can...
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Pregnancy Treated as a Moment for Recovery through UK HealthCare’s PATHways...
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 second installment of a series of...
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Novel Intervention Helps Adolescents Dealing with Substance Abuse
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 21, 2016)– In Kentucky, substance use by adolescents, rates of tobacco use, binge drinking and use of other drugs are higher than the national average. More concerning is that...
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Educating Kentucky's Youth on Cancer, One Child at a Time
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UK College of Dentistry’s Dental Assisting Program Will Begin in September
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 22, 2016)– According to the U.S. Department of Labor, between the years 2014 and 2024 the demand for dental assistants is expected to grow 18 percent. Beginning in September, the...
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Vanderford Featured in New Issue of Science
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 22, 2016)– In a commentary published in the July 22 issue of Science, Nathan Vanderford, assistant director for research at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center,...
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Mentoring a Key Factor in Spinal Cord Researcher's Success
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 25, 2016) — In ivory towers all over the world, experts ponder the factors that foster career success and overall well-being in their college graduates. Gallup tried to answer the...
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UK Study Suggests Dementia Diagnosis Could Have a Silver Lining
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 26, 2016) — Results from a study of patients with a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia indicates that their outlook isn't as dark as expected. A group of...
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What You Need to Know About Bladder Cancer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 26, 2016) — Bladder cancer accounts for 5 percent of all new cancer diagnoses in the U.S. with nearly 77,000 new cases annually; 1,100 people died of bladder cancer in Kentucky...
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Stoops Appointed Editor of American Psychological Association Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 26, 2016)– Dr. William Stoops, associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, has been appointed editor of Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, a...
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UK Professor Wins Alfred C. Fones Award from ADHA
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 27, 2016)— University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences Professor Karen Skaff recently won the Alfred C. Fones Award from the American Dental Hygienists Association (ADHA)....
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Cool Down with a Sweet Treat to Help Patients at KCH
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 27, 2016) — While beating the heat, do something sweet for patients at Kentucky Children’s Hospital (KCH). Every DQ Blizzard treat purchased at local DQ locations on Thursday, July...
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Kentucky Children’s Hospital Welcomes Music Therapist
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 28, 2016)– In past years, high-quality, part-time, music therapy has been provided to patients at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital. However, in May 2016 the Music Therapy Program...
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College of Nursing Cardiovascular Researcher Enters International Hall of Fame
LEXINGTON, Ky.— The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), has inducted Terry Lennie, a professor and the associate dean of graduate faculty affairs in the UK College of...
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This Year’s White Coat Ceremony Has Extra Meaning for UK Physician
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2016)– White coat ceremonies are held at medical schools across the country and are always meaningful for faculty and staff. New medical students begin their commitment to...
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ALS Patient Advocate Hopes Free Screening of Documentary Will Inspire Others
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 1, 2016) — In August 2014, three young men living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) inspired the world to dump buckets of ice water on their heads as a gesture of...
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Preventive Exercises Can Reduce ACL Injuries
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 1, 2016) — Unfortunately, each year, about seven million sports-related injuries occur in the U.S., approximately half occur in people between the ages of five and 24 years old....
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UK HealthCare is No. 1 in Kentucky in Latest U.S. News Best Hospitals Rankings
Video by Allison Perry and Kody Kiser, UKPR and Marketing. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 2, 2016) – UK HealthCare’s University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital is No. 1 in Kentucky in the U.S. News...
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Frankfort Regional Medical Center Joins UK HealthCare/Norton Healthcare...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 3, 2016) — Frankfort Regional Medical Center has become the newest member of the Norton Healthcare/UK HealthCare Stroke Care Network, a community-based stroke initiative providing...
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Pet Therapy Program Brings Man’s Best Friend to Patients at UK HealthCare
UPR&M Video by Jenny Wells. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 3, 2016)– The Pet Therapy Program run through the Volunteer Office at UK HealthCare gives volunteers the chance to let man’s best friend brighten...
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