Exercise and proper nutrition can help you recover completely after surgery
By Carl G. Mattacola
carlmattacola@uky.edu
The end of the year brings a mad rush to meet deadlines, to plan for the holidays, abandon poor habits and make room for new resolutions.
It’s also a time when surgery...
Dec 14, 2015
UK plans new sports science institute
By Jennifer Smith
jsmith3@hearld-leader.com
Kentucky Athletics will be creating a new Sports Science Research Institute as a part of a $600,000 renovation of the current football practice facilities.
Those renovations to the...
Dec 14, 2015
Breast Milk Has Evolved to Nourish and Protect Infants from Disease Causing Organisms
by Geza Bruckner
Human and mammalian milk, a key source of early infant nourishment, has evolved as a result of 200 million plus years of Darwinian pressure on mammalian lactation to become the near perfect species specific neonatal food...
Nov 4, 2015
UK, UAB Partner on Clinical Trial of Metformin’s Muscle Effect
The University of Kentucky and University of Alabama at Birmingham are partners on a $2.9 million, five-year National Institute on Aging clinical study to explore how Metformin may benefit older adults who do not respond well to exercise...
Oct 29, 2015
Health Care Providers Play Key Role in Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
This column by DeShana Collett and Tamara Bennett, Assistant Professors in the Division of Physician Assistant Studies in the UK College of Health Sciences, appeared in the Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader.
...Oct 13, 2015
U.S. Dept. of Defense Awards $4.2 Million Grant to CHS
Scott. M. Lephart, Ph.D., dean of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences, and colleagues have received a $4,188,000 grant from the Department of Defense to support research on injury prevention and performance optimization in...
Sep 28, 2015
UK CHS Impact: Samaritan’s Touch
UK PhD Student’s First Visit to Samaritan’s Touch UK Student Physical Therapy Clinic Brings Answers and Relief
Kaylynne Glover (L) and PT student Katie Gross at the Samaritan's Touch Clinic. Photo by Audrey Johnson.Kaylynne Glover, a...
Sep 15, 2015
Keys to Success: Helping Children with Hearing Loss Succeed
Early identification and intervention can make a substantial difference in the development of a child with hearing loss or deafness
By Judith L. Page, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and...
Sep 10, 2015
Capilouto Receives CCTS Pilot Funding
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) awarded pilot funding to 10 projects that foster collaboration and new medical product development. The pilot funding program provides research support and up to $50,...
Aug 31, 2015
Marshall and Stemple Receive ASHA Honors of the Association
Two University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences faculty members will receive the highest award given by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Robert C. Marshall, and Joseph C. Stemple, professors in the Division...
Jul 28, 2015
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