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University of Louisville and Jewish Hospital Trager Transplant Center achieve 500th heart transplant Celebration commemorates milestone
The University of Louisville and Jewish Hospital Trager Transplant Center marked an important milestone on Wednesday – the 500th heart transplant performed at the...
Bullitt County tradition returns to benefit UofL’s James Graham Brown Cancer Center Save the Date: Cancer Awareness Show, June 9
A tradition in Bullitt County returns for the fourth consecutive year as the Cancer Awareness Show brings its mix of two shows in one...
Older adults in rural Ky. to benefit from more behavioral health services UofL Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging receives nearly $2 million from HRSA
Older adults are often burdened with a variety of health conditions, sometimes coupled with loneliness, anxiety and depression. A strategy to engage primary care...
Mental health issues facing women, treatment options are focus of UofL lecture March 6
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Causes of women’s mental health issues and treatment recommendations will be explored at the “Building Hope” public lecture on Tuesday, March...
Annual UofL Engineering Expo focuses on entrepreneurship
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The J.B. Speed School of Engineering’s annual Engineering Expo takes place March 3.
This year the theme is “Start Up Speed,” focusing...
Events explore women in space science
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Women who have made significant contributions to space science will be the subject of several Women’s History Month events at the...
UofL leading national effort to improve lifelong care for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities Partnership between UofL and Special Olympics aims to increase physicians’ comfort in treating adult patients with IDD
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – At one time, people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) were mostly children. Thanks to medical advances and the deinstitutionalization movement, the number...
WEEKLY NEWS TIP SHEET – HEALTH TOPICS FOR FEB. 21, 2018
Health-care providers and researchers with the University of Louisville are available to discuss any of the following health topics this week. Click on the...
Cardinal Challenge winners announced
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Arkansas team won first place Feb. 17 with a business plan for Lapovations LLC, a medical device company,...
More awareness, research needed on abuse risk of non-opioid painkiller Gabapentin commonly mixed with other drugs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Amid the opioid epidemic, abuse of a different prescription painkiller has widely gone unnoticed.
Gabapentin, a nerve pain medication and anticonvulsant sold...