UK Orthopaedic Trauma Research Team Shows the World What Kentucky Can Do
Despite being less than two years old, the orthopaedic trauma research team in UK Healthcare's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine is making a tremendous impact that is gaining...
View Article'Behind the Blue': Recognizing Dementia Warning Signs During the Holidays
Kelly Parsons of UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging provides tips on warning signs of dementia in older family members.
View ArticleNational Diabetes Month: Debunking the Stigma
Diabetes affects over 30 million Americans, with nearly half a million of those being Kentuckians. Though conversations of diabetes often focus on type 2, people like Desiree Gipson and Eric Gettler...
View ArticlePediatric Plastic Surgeon Applies Global Experience to Kentucky Patients
Dr. Liau works both at home and abroad, performing life changing surgeries for children born with cleft lips and palates.
View ArticleNew NCI Grant Expands Markey’s Successful Oncology Training Program to High...
After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students.
View ArticleDepartment of Adolescent Medicine and UHS to Host Conference on the...
The Department of Adolescent Medicine and University Health Services are hosting a group of experts from The Eating Recovery Center to speak on the treatment of eating disorders.
View ArticleLocal Musicians and Dancers Bring Holiday Spirit to UK HealthCare
Local musicians and dancers will perform for patients and their families in a number of UK HealthCare facilities.
View ArticleHelp Make the Holidays a Little Brighter For Young Patients
The staff and volunteers of Kentucky Children's Hospital are collecting toys, books, movies and games for young patients who have to spend the holidays in the hospital.
View ArticleKARRN Celebrates A Decade of Transforming Lives in Rural Kentucky
The Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN) has spent the past decade investing in citizens of rural Kentucky who have experienced a neurological condition such as a spinal cord...
View ArticleMarkey Receives ACS Grant to Help Patients Overcome Transportation Barriers
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has been awarded a new transportation grant from the America Cancer Society. These funds will be used to address the transportation needs of cancer...
View ArticleFrazer Named Chair of UK Department of Oral Health Practice
Dr. Robert Frazer has been named chair of the Department of Oral Health Practice in the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry. Frazer, who is also an associate professor of restorative...
View ArticleUK Transplant Patient Grateful for a Very Special Gift
At just 25 years old, Emma Sue Mast's heart began to fail, and she spent the next decade growing sicker and sicker. Eleven years later, she got a second chance at life via a heart transplant at UK...
View Article'She's A Little Fighter': UK's Smallest NICU Survivor Ready for First Christmas
Kyndall Covington was born three months early and weighed less than a pound. Her doctors didn't think a baby that small could survive. But thanks to her fighting spirit and the staff at Kentucky...
View ArticleHolidays Even Sweeter for Woman With Microvascular Heart Disease
Whitney Stevenson had persistent chest pains that began in her 30's. Even after several doctors told her she was fine, this busy mother, teacher and graduate student knew something wasn't right....
View ArticleMarkey Helps UK Football Player Get Back in the Game
With help from his team, trainers, family and the doctors at the UK Markey Cancer Center, UK football player Josh Paschal didn't let a serious melanoma diagnosis keep him from the sport he loves.
View ArticleDoctors Feared 'She May Not Make It Through The Night' But She Proved Them...
Before she was nine months old, Audrey Armstrong had seven operations. Her parents were told to expect the worst.
View ArticleUK Neurologist Pens Editorial About Lack of Minority Representation in MS...
In an editorial published in CNS Spectrums, UK Neurologist Jay Avasarala, MD, PhD, takes the research community to task for its lack of minority representation in Phase III clinical trials for drugs...
View ArticleLexington Family Finds Purpose Through Pain
After the passing of their daughter, Brandon and Jill Embry started a memorial cycling event to honor her memory and support KCH.
View ArticleUpcoming Events Will Explore the Intersection of Wellness and the Arts
UK's Arts in HealthCare has teamed up with local arts organization CREATE for "Music in Mind," a series of events that include a visual art exhibit, musical performance, live art performance and panel...
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