National Nurses Week 2019: 4 Million Reasons to Celebrate
It's National Nurses Week, and Janie Heath, Dean of UK College of Nursing and Gwen Moreland, Interim Chief Nurse Executive of UK HealthCare, call on our nurses to reflect on those who forged their path.
View ArticleMarkey Announces First Cohort of High School Students for ACTION Program
After reviewing more than 90 applications, the UK Markey Cancer Center has selected its first cohort of 20 Appalachian Kentucky high school students to join its successful ACTION Program.
View ArticleKids Leading Kids In the Fight Against Cancer
When Markey Community Outreach Director Melissa Hounshell was developing ideas to help lower cancer rates in Kentucky, she looked to an unlikely source -- her own elementary school experience.
View ArticleNICU Baby Changes Mom's Outlook on Motherhood
Crystal's daughter Caralina was born three months early with a hole in her heart and spent six month's in the neonatal intensive care unit at Kentucky Children's Hospital. This Mother's Day, Crystal...
View ArticleUK Celebrates 10 Years of Markey Research Day
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center celebrated 10 years of Markey Research Day, a showcase for cancer research across UK's campus, this past Tuesday.
View ArticleDistinguished Lecturer Discusses the Value of Positive Patient Engagement
The UK HealthCare Department of Family and Community Medicine will host the next iteration of its Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, May 16.
View ArticleUK Becomes First Center in the Country to Open Total Cancer Care Protocol to...
UK HealthCare’s pediatric cancer program recently opened the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network’s (ORIEN) Total Cancer Care Protocol to their patients, becoming the first pediatric cancer...
View ArticleKentucky Homeplace Celebrates 25 Years of Helping the Commonwealth Access...
Since its inception in 1994, Kentucky Homeplace has linked thousands of rural Kentuckians with medical, social and environmental services they otherwise might have done without. To mark the program's...
View ArticleSupport Groups Provide a Key Part of Patient Treatment Plan
When Nicole Creech was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, she decided she could manage it on her own. Now she realizes it’s good to have encouragement from people who understand, and she's started...
View ArticleAlltech, Lyons Family Announce Establishment of New Foundation with UK...
Alltech and UK HealthCare have announced a partnership to support lifelong wellness. The Lyons Family Life Foundation will honor the life and legacy of late Alltech founder Dr. Pearse Lyons with a...
View ArticleMarkey, LLS Host Eighth Annual “Meet the Researchers” Day
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) recently hosted their eighth annual “Meet the Researchers” Day. This event is a field trip given as a prize to...
View ArticleUK Doctor Receives Medical Training at the Top of the World
Dr. Kim Kaiser spent 15 days hiking six hours a day to learn more about wilderness medicine on Mount Everest.
View ArticleUK Pharmacy Students Win First Place in Healthcare Quality Innovation...
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy students Noor Naffakh, Kailyn Conner and John Brown took home first place in the Healthcare Quality Innovation Challenge at the annual Pharmacy Quality...
View ArticleUK Employee to Run Marathon in Memory of Late Husband's Service to Country
Emily Dieruf Chambers' twin daughters are only seven, but already they know Memorial Day is more than a day off school for them and a day off work for their parents. From a very early age, the twins...
View ArticleClínica Amiga, Safe Kids Showcase Summer Safety Tips
Providers from UK HealthCare and Safe Kids reached out to kids and families with free bike helmet fittings and tips for staying safe this summer.
View ArticleUK HealthCare Implements New Suicide Screening Protocols for Patients
To address the rising rates of suicide in the United States and the Commonwealth, UK HealthCare is implementing protocols to improve screening in order to evaluate whether a patient would benefit from...
View ArticleUK Speech Pathologists Help Patients Develop New Ways to Communicate
Communication is essential to life, but for those with communication disorders, speech-language pathologists play an essential role in learning to convey and understand meanings using voice, speech...
View ArticleDiPaola appointed to Liaison Committee on Medical Education
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Dean Robert S. DiPaola has been selected as a professional member on the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) beginning the 2019-2020 academic year.
View ArticleJoin the Conversation During Elder Abuse Awareness Month
June in Elder Abuse Awareness Month, and UK HealthCare is partnering with campus and community members to raise awareness and continue the conversation on senior safety.
View ArticleWhen It Looks Like Dementia But Isn’t: Epilepsy Not Just a “Children’s...
When Guy Bradley began having episodes of memory loss and confusion, doctors suspected a stroke or dementia. Instead, an EEG showed that the 69-year old had epilepsy, which is frequently missed in...
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