Tag: University of Kentucky
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UK hospital’s request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials
The University of Kentucky‘s plan to add 120 beds to its hospital moved forward Friday as no one filed a request for a public hearing on its application for a...
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UK study finds HIV drugs could be repurposed to treat age-related macular degeneration, now untreatable in up to 90% of cases
Drugs that have been used for the last 30 years to treat HIV and AIDS could also be used to treat age-related macular degeneration in the eye and other inflammatory...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. gives UK’s James Norton the Dan Martin Award for Lifetime Contributions to Rural Health
James Norton of the University of Kentucky is this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award for Lifelong Contributions to Rural Health, which honors a health care professional who has...
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Lexington auto mechanic becomes neurosurgeon; now researching traumatic brain injury diagnosis and treatment
In the early 1980s, Geoff Manley was a mechanic, and some of his clients were University of Kentucky faculty. That is how he met microbiology professor Shelly Steiner and started...
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UK researchers work to improve identification of lung cancer patients eligible for participation in clinical trials for new treatments
At the University of Kentucky, researchers are developing better strategies to identify lung cancer patients who could participate in clinical trials for new treatments. Lung cancer causes more deaths than...
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Morehead State, UK and Morehead hospital sign agreement to form Appalachian Health and Research Center
Morehead State University, St. Claire Regional Medical Center and the University of Kentucky‘s Institute for Rural Health Policy signed a memorandum of understanding April 30 to form the Appalachian Health...
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UK’s advanced ventricular-assist device program for heart patients saves and improves lives
Two years ago, John Doty was diagnosed with walking pneumonia, and though antibiotics originally helped, the pneumonia came back with a vengeance, and he went to see a cardiologist. He...
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Telemedicine can help delay Alzheimer’s, especially in rural areas, where it starts sooner, Appalachian health conference is told
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Telemedicine is a strategy that can be used to help prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, especially in rural areas, where the disease comes sooner...
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UK hospital tells 1,079 former patients that a laptop computer with their medical records was stolen in early February
The University of Kentucky reported Wednesday that personal health information of 1,079 people who had been patients at its hospital was on a laptop computer that was stolen in early...
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Accreditation commission designates UK as one of 63 comprehensive stroke centers
The Joint Commission for accredting health-care organizations, the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have designated UK HealthCare a Comprehensive Stroke Center. The university’s medical center joins 63 other...