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wins grant for library services LCC wins grant for library servicesLexington Community College has been awarded a $210,145 grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop a comprehensive system of distance learning undergraduate courses in library and information science. The Institute of Museum and Library Services awards National Leadership Grants for Libraries to enhance the quality of library services nationwide. "The grant projects offer innovative approaches to recruiting more library students and promote specialization in much needed areas of study, such as school library media specialists," said Beverly Sheppard, acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Approximately 400 students from 80 Kentucky counties have completed LCC course work online to meet their employment certification requirements. The IMLS funding will allow LCC to revise and expand its curriculum. Historic moment
Submitted Flu shots delayed but available soonBecause of manufacturing problems, the availability of flu vaccinations will be delayed about a month and fewer vaccinations will be available this year. As a result, public health officials have recommended certain patients receive priority for the vaccine. "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that patients at high risk - people who are over 65, immunocompromised or have certain chronic conditions - and health care workers who can spread the flu to high-risk patients, be vaccinated first," said Claire Pomeroy, chief of the Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. The next priority group includes other health care workers, household members of high-risk patients and individuals 50 to 64 years old. Later, she recommends vaccinating healthy people who wish to be vaccinated. Given this year's concerns about vaccine availability, it is important to talk to your physician about the timing of receiving your vaccination, Pomeroy said. Patients who have anaphylactic hypersensitivity to eggs or previous allergic reactions to the influenza vaccine should not receive the vaccine. UKMC researchers launch youth baseball studyYouth shoulder, arm injuries focus of athletic study. Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sports Medicine Clinic and the UK College of Allied Health Professions are beginning a study with youth baseball players to determine baselines for optimal treatment of shoulder and arm sports injuries. Most previous medical studies concerning baseball players have been conducted with adults rather than younger athletes. Because of this, minimal youth sports injury reference material is available in medical journals. The study will determine normal and abnormal shoulder X-rays of young baseball players by comparing X-rays of players with shoulder and arm pain with those without pain. It also could show more torsion - rotation of the arm bone - with the dominant arm rather than the non-dominant arm and a wider growth plate in boys with a history of shoulder or arm pain. The conclusions of the study ultimately will result in better treatment of youth sports injuries, Scott D. Mair, orthopedic surgeon with the Sports Medicine Clinic and assistant professor of surgery for the UK College of Medicine, principal investigator of the study, and Timothy Uhl, assistant professor in athletic training for the UK College of Allied Health Professions, will examine shoulder X-rays and measure shoulder strength, flexibility and throwing velocity of 120 8- to 15-year-old boys. Boys who participated in the study were youth baseball players who had not had any broken arms or dislocated shoulders or elbows. Mair and Uhl conduct the study Sept. 23 and Sept. 30 at the Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of Kentucky. All participants received free UK Sports Medicine T-shirts. |
