UK hosts national meeting to raise immunization rate for vaccine against cervical and other HPV cancers, in which Ky. leads U.S.
Kentucky Department for Public Health illustration By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsKentucky leads the nation in the rate of cases of and deaths from cervical cancer, a disease that is...
Louisville’s Norton Healthcare receives $20 million gift to support Parkinson’s disease programming and research
Norton Healthcare has received a $20 million gift for the “Just Imagine” campaign to support programing and research in Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders at the Norton Neuroscience Institute. ...
Whether or not you smoke can be influenced by heredity; new research may help identify specific risks and ways to quit
Photo illustration by Gerd Altmann, Pixabay, via Newswise Kentucky Health NewsIf your parents or grandparents smoke, you are more likely to smoke. Perhaps that’s one reason smoking persists in...
UK researcher wins $3.1 million grant to study proteins that go haywire and lead to dementia; one goal is early treatment of it
Maj-Linda Selenica, Ph.D., works in her lab on March 27, 2024. (UK photo by Carter Skaggs) By Hilary SmithUniversity of Kentucky A University of Kentucky professor has received a...
UK research featured in diabetes group’s annual research report
Brittany Smalls, Ph.D., is at upper right. By Hilary SmithUniversity of Kentucky One of the cover stories in the annual reserach report from the American Diabetes Association is about...
If you are diagnosed with cancer and you smoke, that’s one more reason to stop, says UK doctor who co-chaired national survey
Smokers who have cancer have a better chance of overcoming the disease if they stop smoking, but not all cancer-treatment programs do a good job of encouraging patients to...