How is an Olympian's Heart Different?
It's common knowledge that exercise is good for our muscles. Regular workouts help tone the muscle we have and build more muscle on top of that.
But the heart is a muscle too. When you exercise, your heart "remodels" to accommodate the body's increased demand for more oxygen-rich blood to feed those muscles.
But does this remodeling affect Olympic athletes differently?
'Healthy Hearts for Women' Spotlights Cardiovascular Research
In a society that values gender equality, it's important to remember that there are differences between the sexes that directly impact health.
One area in critical need of further study is cardiovascular health. For the past four years, two junior faculty at the University of Kentucky have invested their efforts to host a symposium where outstanding scientists from UK and universities across the country present new scientific advances in women's heart health and explore translational cardiovascular research areas that merit further study.
Spring Graduate Student RA Tuition to Post Soon
Spring 2018 Graduate RA tuition expenses from the Graduate School will be posting at the end of March. Please make sure cost objects have been provided for each student to be charged according to the Graduate School deadlines.
In order to charge RA tuition to a sponsored project all of the following criteria must be met:
1. The individual must be coded in payroll as a graduate research assistant; and
Johnson author in publication "Non-estrogenic Xanthohumol Derivatives Mitigate Insulin Resistance and Cognitive Impairment in High-Fat Diet-induced Obese Mice"
Non-estrogenic Xanthohumol Derivatives Mitigate Insulin Resistance and Cognitive Impairment in High-Fat Diet-induced Obese Mice.
Welcome David Kirk, MPH, MBA
Markey Launches Precision Medicine Clinic, Expands Catalog of Early Phase Clinical Trials
Olympic Team Doctor Now Serves Patients at UK HealthCare
Every four years, people around the world gather around the television and spend two weeks watching a lifetimes worth of work play out. For the hundreds of athletes that comprise Team USA, the result of their blood, sweat and tears makes us feel pride, in our country and in our fellow countrymen. While the athletes take center stage there’s a team of people in the shadows treating pain, nursing illnesses and in some cases consoling athletes.
Dr. Brian Stevenson, newly appointed to HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group subcommittee on Pathogenesis, Transmission and Treatment
Join 'Markey Women Strong' to Advance Cancer Research at UK
The Markey Cancer Foundation invites you to take an active role in furthering life-changing cancer research at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center through the Markey Women Strong program.
