Third Candidate for EVPHA Set to Interact With Campus Wednesday
Wesley Burks, executive dean for the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will appear in public forums at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, in Pavilion A...
View ArticleDifficulty Swallowing Can be Serious
Many people have experienced temporary difficulty in swallowing but for some people, it is an ongoing problem that can have serious health consequences. Debra Sutter, director of the UK Voice and...
View ArticleFamily and Surgeon Work to Raise Awareness of Cleft Care, Repair Children in...
Instead of keeping quiet about her baby Frankie's cleft lip and palate, Anna Ciannello and her family decided to speak out about cleft care. Working with Dr. James Liau, the pediatric plastic...
View ArticleTips and Techniques for Reducing Muscle Soreness
Trying a new exercise or increasing what you currently do can lead to strains and sore muscles. Laurie Blunk, an athletic trainer at the UK Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine,...
View ArticleHead of Duke University’s Practice Plans Selected as UK’s Next EVPHA
University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto today announced that the leader of one of the country’s largest and most renowned academic physician practice plans will be UK’s new Executive Vice...
View ArticleHealthy Oils to Keep in the Kitchen
Eating too much fat can lead to weight gain and some health problems, but some fat is necessary for a healthy life style. Siddhi Shroff, a registered dietitian at the UK Markey Cancer Center,...
View ArticleReacting to an Overdose: How to Obtain and Use the ‘Angel’ Therapeutic...
Opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in Kentucky. Dr. Raeford Brown, a pediatric anesthesiologist at UK HealthCare, and chair of the FDA advisory committee on Analgesics and Anesthetics, discusses...
View ArticleExperiential Learning to the Extreme: PT Students Use Coal Mines to...
Many programs embrace the concept of experiential learning, but few are perhaps as unusual as a visit to an underground coal mine. That's what UK College of Health Sciences alumnus Tim Yost provides...
View ArticleOwensboro Health Joins UK Markey Research Network
Owensboro Health is the latest health system to join the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Research Network. With this new relationship, patients in Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana...
View ArticleLi Named Director of Office of Value and Innovation in Healthcare Delivery
Dr. Jing Li has been named associate director of the Center for Health Services Research and the new director of the Office of Value and Innovation in Healthcare Delivery at the University of Kentucky.
View ArticleUltrasound Guided Injections Help Patient Stay on Her Feet for International...
When hip pain nearly derailed a trip to Italy that was a year in the making, Dr. Jeffrey Selby referred Geri Maschio to his colleague to see what he could do. Dr. Kyle Smoot was able to relieve her...
View ArticleUK Sports Medicine Welcomes New Shoulder Specialist
The team at UK Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine has grown this summer. On May 15, Dr. Carolyn Hettrich became part of the staff that will see patients, take care of University of Kentucky athletes and...
View ArticleUnderstanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Down Syndrome
Elizabeth Head and Frederick Schmitt, principal investigators for the Aging and Down Syndrome Research Study at UK, discuss the link between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's in this past Sunday's Herald...
View ArticleKCH and Cincinnati Children’s Providers Collaborate to Break a Family Chain...
Hereditary pancreatitis has afflicted Mackenzee Walter's family for generations, claiming the lives of loved ones and burdening surviving relatives with chronic pain. But through a team-driven...
View ArticleUK College of Dentistry Selected to Develop and Pilot Digital Dentistry...
This fall the UK College of Dentistry will pilot a curriculum to train future dentists on digital technology solutions.
View ArticleUK College of Medicine-Bowling Green Prepping for Inaugural Class of 2018
This time next year, the inaugural class of medical students at the new University of Kentucky College of Medicine-Bowling Green Campus will be attending their very first course, kicking off an...
View ArticleUK Gill Heart and Vascular Institute Gives 23-Year-Old New Heart, New Life
Multi-sport athlete Adrianne Rogers was sidelined by restrictive cardiomyopathy, but coordinated care by UK HealthCare's Gill Heart & Vascular Institute team specializing in adult congenital heart...
View ArticleNew Study Discovers "Killer Peptide" That Helps Eliminate Resistant Cancer...
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that when therapy-sensitive cancer cells die, they release a "killer peptide" that can eliminate therapy-resistant cells.
View ArticleUK HealthCare, Cincinnati Children’s Begin Pediatric Heart Surgery Program
View a live stream of today's announcement about the progress of the UK HealthCare and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Joint Pediatric Heart Surgery Program. The news conference begins at 9:30 a.m....
View ArticleUK HealthCare Begins Pediatric Heart Surgery Program in Partnership with...
Today 5-month-old Magdalen Wilson is a peaceful baby who watches her brothers and sisters play around her. But just a few months ago, things were far less calm for the Wilson family of Nicholasville....
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