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Mashup Score: 5
Soon after giving birth to her daughter, Marishia’s heart started failing. The innovative use of a drug has the potential to improve the heart function of mothers experiencing peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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New research from the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging shows compelling evidence that the cognitive impairments observed in long COVID patients share striking similarities with those seen in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
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Mashup Score: 2PET scans offer faster, clearer images for diagnosing heart disease - 12 month(s) ago
When it comes to diagnostic imaging of your heart – such as MRI, CT, SPECT, PET – it can be overwhelming to know what kind of scan is right for you. What is your doctor looking for, and what exactly does the imaging show?
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Mashup Score: 18UK Chandler Hospital earns ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer’ designation - 12 month(s) ago
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 1, 2024) — Today, UK HealthCare announced that the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital earned a “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC). The designation was awarded in the 16th iteration of HRC’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), released in May. A record 1,065 health care facilities actively participated in the HEI 2024 survey and scoring process. Of those participants, 462 received the “LGBTQ+ Healthcare
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Mashup Score: 3Sanders-Brown study: Long-read RNA sequencing reveals key gene expressions in Alzheimer’s disease - 1 year(s) ago
Mark T. W. Ebbert, Ph.D., and a team of researchers at the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are using a cutting-edge technique to better analyze genes in the brain. The team is also working to understand the role those genes play in brain-related diseases.
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The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and teaching assistants with the Outstanding Teaching Awards during the 2024 UK Faculty Awards Ceremony held Thursday, April 25.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 7, 2024) — When Mohammad Baseem Shaikh, M.D., meets a patient, they’re often at their sickest. Watching their health improve during their hospital stay is rewarding, Shaikh said. He is a hospitalist – one of several UK HealthCare providers who offer frontline care to patients throughout their hospital visit. “I’ve never had a patient who has not felt gratitude toward all the care that they received,” Shaikh said. “And I find that gratitude to be very rewarding.” March 7 is
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Mashup Score: 1‘Research Made Possible’ podcast: Conner discusses HIV prevention in older Black women - 1 year(s) ago
UK College of Social Work Assistant Professor Laneshia Conner is refining interventions for older Black women with HIV, studying their health and reproductive health history, environments, trauma, and the sociocultural effects on their lives.
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It’s time to spread holiday cheer as UK HealthCare is welcoming live musicians and singers back to its facilities this holiday season.
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Mashup Score: 13
Kenneth S. Campbell, Ph.D., and fellow researchers have produced single-particle 3D reconstructions of a microscopic part of the heart. To put that level into perspective, if the heart is a continent, this team is looking at single strands of hair.
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Does bromocriptine help in peripartum cardiomyopathy? This is the question that the REBIRTH trial is trying to answer. Happy that @UK_HealthCare is part of this study, led by Dr Dennis McNamara at @PittCardiology https://t.co/EjYpkdSCuR