Day: September 6, 2011
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UK Hospital gets below average marks on patient satisfaction, infections; data on your local hospital are available online
Despite $900 million being invested in expanding the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, its patients at do not seem all that happy with the care they receive there. In an...
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Seven UK docs-to-be off to Morehead to train in rural medicine
Learning how to practice in rural areas is the goal of seven University of Kentucky medical students, who are off to Rural Physician Leadership Program in Morehead. (From left: Shea...
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Combating childhood obesity reinvigorates Barren County Chamber of Commerce health committee
Combating childhood obesity has become the focus of the health-care committee of the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce, a panel that had otherwise lost its drive. The committee has started using the...
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Markey Cancer Center at UK says its patients have higher survival rates than those treated elsewhere in Ky. and the nation
“Patients at the University of Kentucky‘s Markey Cancer Center who have certain types of cancer have higher rates of survival than patients with the same cancers treated elsewhere in the...
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September is national Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
September has been proclaimed national Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, with President Obama asking Americans to “take action by learning about and engaging in activities that promote healthy eating and greater...
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Free conference on Alzheimer’s in Louisville Sept. 17
A Washington-based geriatric researcher will join University of Louisville researchers and clinicians a free conference examining Alzheimer’s disease from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Crowne...