Tag: research
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Colorful fruits and vegetables linked to lower breast cancer risk
Come to find out, pink isn’t the most important color when it comes to breast cancer. According to researchers in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, women loading up...
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UK team gets $1.5 million NIH grant to continue success with cell-level study of Alzheimer’s disease factor
University of Kentucky researchers have provided the first direct evidence that activated astrocytes could play a harmful role in Alzheimer’s disease. A UK news release explains, “The astrocyte is a...
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Hey, fans! Lower your voice and protect your ears; your hearing might be at stake
Ray Hull (Wichita State Univ. photo) December is the cruelest month, basketball fans — in more ways than one. Witness this news out of Kansas. Yes, Kansas: Loud basketball games...
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Merry Christmas: Mistletoe extract being used for colorectal cancer treatment in Europe, could be a great boon for Kentucky
Kentucky has one of the highest rates of colorectal cancers in the nation, with about 50 of every 100,000 Kentuckians being diagnosed with the disease each year. The state also...
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Study: Raising cigarette taxes does curb even heavy smoking
The more you raise cigarette taxes, the less people smoke. That presumption was confirmed this week in a study by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. This...
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UK study: Old, perhaps obsolete heart drug increases deaths in patients with atrial fibrillation
A drug widely used against heart disease can increase the possibility of death when used by patients with atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm problem, according to a study by...
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Two Kentucky moms participate in Duke study that found potentially toxic and unnecessary chemicals in most couches
Two Central Kentucky mothers participated in a Duke University-led study published today that shows that a vast majority of U.S. couches contain potentially toxic flame retardants that pose risks to...
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Experimental concentrated breast cancer radiation therapy offers new options for women who live far away from treatment facilities
A study at the University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center designed to make radiation treatment more accessible to women who face obstacles such as distance, transportation problems and...
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UK music therapy helps manage surgical anxiety, pain, recovery
A University of Kentucky study has found that music therapy can reduce pain before, during and after a surgical procedure, and shorten recovery time. The study report, published in the Southern...
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U of L doctor tells American Heart Association that cardiac stem-cell research shows a lot of promise
Dr. Roberto Bolli Promising results are coming from research that uses patients’ own cardiac stem cells to heal their hearts, a Louisville doctor told colleagues this week at an American...