Experimental Treatment for Parkinson's Symptoms Shows Early Promise
Laura Dawahare | UKnow | Jan. 6, 2017
Daugherty is Editor-in-Chief of American Heart Association Journal for Second Term
Hog jowls and clementines: A bid to awaken cancer patients’ ruined sense of taste
Eric Boodman
December 21, 2016 | STAT
"The medicines were rich and strange, their active ingredients so particular they sounded fictional..."
"Together, they envisioned a conference that would combine neuroscience, agriculture, history, nutrition, medicine, and cooking — to understand the art and science of why we eat what we eat, and how we could change it for the better."
3rd Annual Symposium - Healthy Hearts For Women
Organized by Drs. Loria and Yiannikouris.
Sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, SAHA Cardiovascular Research Center, and the Gill Heart Institute
Scheduled Speakers:
Dr. Jane F. Reckelhoff |
Surgery Shenanigans to take team to 2017 Polar Plunge
Team Surgery Shenanigans at the University of Kentucky will once again take the Polar Plunge this February in support of Special Olympics Kentucky.
Pete Rogers, team captain of Surgery Shenanigans, is recruiting members throughout the UK surgery departments and divisions to join him for the annual fund raiser. It will be Pete’s fourth year of participation in the event, his third plunge, the second for Team Surgery Shenanigans, and the first to feature more than one “plunger.”
Mullett Appointed to Commission on Cancer
UK Public Relations
UK Researcher Traces Molecular Pathways to Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
An array of scientific evidence demonstrates a correlation between diets high in fat and cholesterol content and blockages in the arteries, which lead to cardiovascular disease (CVD).
UK medical students debunk “millenial” myths at ACS Clinical Congress
In a panel presentation at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons last October, two UK medical students talked about how their generation values immediate and constructive feedback and a “sense of belonging” in the surgery clerkship experience.
Treatment Took His Sense of Taste – But Life is Now Sweeter for Markey Patient
It wasn't until he could no longer open his mouth to take a bite of a cheeseburger that Winchester resident Barry Warner knew something was seriously wrong.
In fall 2009, Warner had just returned from a golf trip where he'd begun experiencing some mildly annoying symptoms: a little discomfort while eating; a reduced appetite. But he pushed on, assuming the issue would clear up on its own.
"I have a high threshold for pain," Warner said. "I don't always go to the doctor for everything. I usually let it run its course."
Al-Siraj’s Sex Chromosome Study Published in Circulation
Yasir Al-Siraj, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, is the lead author of a paper published in Circulation, a leading journal on cardiovascular medicine.
The article, “Female Mice with an XY Sex Chromosome Complement Develop Severe Angiotensin II-Induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms,” was co-authored by UK colleagues Sean E. Thatcher, Richard Charnigo, Kuey Chen, Eric Blalock, Alan Daugherty and Lisa Cassis.
