When healthy, the heart is an organized instrument, using well-timed electrical impulses to contract muscle and send blood circulating through the arteries and veins -- a virtual "supply wagon" that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the farthest reaches of the body. Those electrical impulses occur in a specific order through specific nerve pathways in the heart muscle and within a specific time frame -- what doctors call "normal sinus rhythm." But when disease or genetic abnormalities interfere with these impulses, the heart can misfire and struggle to contract smoothly.
The University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital was among a select group of hospitals nationwide recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for reaching gold, silver, and bronze levels of outreach for organ donation and registration.
UK Chandler Hospital conducted awareness and registry campaigns to educate staff, patients, visitors, and community members about the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donors and, by doing so, increased the number of potential donors on the state鈥檚 donor registry.
The University of Kentucky's Dr. James Jagger has been named the 2014 Southeastern Conference Team Physician of the Year. Jagger is an assistant professor in the UK Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine and serves as the UK chief of athletic medicine and head team physician for all UK sports.
The Team Physician of the Year award is chosen by the athletic training staffs at SEC member institutions and is given annually to recognize a team physician who has contributed greatly to both his or her school's teams and to the SEC sports community.
Everyone wants to be home for the holidays. Unfortunately, hospital patients don't have that luxury. For those who are unable to enjoy the comforts of a holiday at home, the UK Arts in Healthcare program has scheduled a series of events to help bring the holidays to the hospital. Carolers, pianists, harpists and more will bring holiday cheer to patients, visitors and staff in December.
Of particular note:
UK HealthCare's own Dr. Jay Zwischenberger will be performing at 1 p.m., Dec.
A new clinical trial being conducted at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) and the UK Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Center (ADC) may signal new hope in the future for those who might be afflicted with the devastating disease. Taking laboratory research pioneered at SBCoA and the associated UK ADC into human trials, the federally-funded research project will examine the therapeutic potential of microRNAs to delay or prevent Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and vice-chair in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, professor in the Department of Physiology, and the E. Vernon and Eloise C. Smith Endowed Chair in Macular Degeneration Research, at the 91小黄车, recently received the 2013 William R. Willard Dean's Recognition Award.
The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) encourages rural providers and communities to join the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH), the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and other state and national rural stakeholders to 鈥淐elebrate the Power of Rural鈥 during the third annual National Rural Health Day celebration on Nov.
Hazard, Ky. (Nov. 11, 2013) 鈥 Ernie Scott has been named director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH), at the University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH).
Scott joined KORH in January 2012 as a rural project manager, and assumed his new post on Nov. 1, following the retirement of former KORH Director Larry Allen, who held the position for more than a decade.
鈥淲e are certainly fortunate to have had Larry Allen鈥檚 expert leadership and service for the last decade. And, now we are pleased to welcome Ernie Scott to his new position.
In biomedical research, access to human tissues is of central importance in studying a disease or condition, and ultimately in developing drugs and looking for cures. For this reason, the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is rolling out an innovative project to develop an extensive Research Registry and Specimen Bank, called a biobank, for UK researchers.
The biobank will utilize leftover blood and tissue from normal medical procedures.
Donna Wilcock of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is the lead investigator on a recently-funded project exploring the links between Alzheimer's disease and Down Syndrome. Elizabeth Head, also of Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is a co-investigator on the project.
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation, the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association, and the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome have awarded $1.2 million in research grants to five scientists for innovative investigations that explore the development of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease in individuals with Down syndrome.
Singer, physician, athlete and inspirational speaker Dr. Ronan Tynan is no stranger to adversity. When Tynan was 20, his legs had to be amputated below the knee after an auto accident caused serious complications. Just weeks after the operation, he was climbing up the steps of his college dorm, and within a year, he was winning gold medals in the Paralympics as a multitalented athlete.
Between 1981 and 1984, Tynan amassed 18 gold medals and 14 world records, of which he still holds nine.
More than five million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, and millions more are affected by their roles as family member, friend or caregiver to an individual with a memory disorder. In its efforts to educate and inform, the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is hosting the Third Annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia, Nov. 15 and 16. This symposium is in honor of the founding director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Dr. William R. Markesbery.
This two-day program will offer sessions for both scientific and community audiences.
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Min Chen and Kathleen O鈥機onnor shows that a specific protein may assist breast cancer cells in metastasizing.
Tumor cells escape a primary tumor by a process called invasion. This process of invasion requires cells to migrate or move through tissue.
The college鈥檚 mission is to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that promote professionalism, teamwork, life-long learning, empathy, scholarship, cultural sensitivity, and leadership, with the goal of providing excellence in education, health care and research within the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond.
University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), an alliance of the nation鈥檚 leading nonprofit academic medical centers, has named UK HealthCare among the 2013 recipients of the Rising Star Award during the UHC Annual Conference 2013 in Atlanta.
The award recognizes significant improvements in ranking in UHC鈥檚 annual Quality and Accountability Study, which identifies exemplary performance in patient safety, mortality, clinical effectiveness, and equity of care.
UK HealthCare has not only shown improvement from previous years, it has the highest jump in rankings in UHC鈥檚 history with a Quality and
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science will host the 2nd Annual UK Clinical Research Education Day on Friday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UK Chandler Hospital, Pavilion H North Lobby (outside of the administration offices).
For the past 53 years, thousands of people have bequeathed their bodies to the 91小黄车 to further medical training and research.
Sunday afternoon, about 50 first-year UK medical students returned the favor, raking leaves and planting trees and shrubs to beautify Section 36 at Lexington Cemetery, where 2,300 to 2,500 of those donors are buried.
After four sweaty hours of hard work, hands that soon might be delivering babies and performing surgery were black with dirt and mud.
Bradley Gelfand, assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the 91小黄车, has received a $100,000 one-year grant from the International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) for his study 鈥淚ron-induced Alu RNA stability and toxicity in geographic atrophy.鈥
Gelfand's lab is investigating the integration of two disease causing phenomena -- iron overload and Alu RNA buildup - into one overarching model.
"The disease we are studying is geographic atrophy, which is the advanced stage of 鈥榙ry鈥 age-related macular degeneration," Ge
The University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Pilot Funding Program announces recipients of its most recent round of pilot funding in the Collaborative Category.
