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You can volunteer for medical research by signing up through a national registry that connects volunteers and researchers

You can volunteer for medical research by signing up through a national registry that connects volunteers and researchers
Unknown 8:18 PM research, University of Kentucky
Have you ever wondered how you could volunteer for medical research? ResearchMatch provides this opportunity through a national registry th...
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UK gets $2.5 million for rural child poverty nutrition center

Unknown 1:21 PM hunger, nutrition, rural health, rural-urban disparities, University of Kentucky, USDA
L-R: Nancy Cox, dean of UK's College of Agriculture, Food and Environment; Secy. Tom Vilsack; Gov. Steve Beshear. Kentucky Health News A...
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UK gets approval to add 120 hospital beds, bringing its total to 945 and long-term building project's cost past $1 billion

Unknown 9:57 AM hospitals, state government, University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky has received state approval to add 120 beds to its hospital complex, which will bring its total to 945 beds at U...
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Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment to help Eastern Kentucky communities develop local, healthy foods

Unknown 8:14 PM Appalachia, farmers' markets, food security, hunger, nutrition, University of Kentucky
A new project searches for ways to increase access to healthy foods in Eastern Kentucky and looks to communities to find these solutions. Ap...
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New cardiovascular inpatient unit opens at UK

Unknown 9:00 PM cardiac care, cardiovascular disease, heart health, hospitals, University of Kentucky
UK HealthCare 's new 64-bed Cardiovascular Inpatient Unit, one of the largest intensive-care units in the country, accepted its first pa...
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UK hospital's request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials

UK hospital's request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials
Unknown 8:39 PM certificate of need, hospitals, state government, University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky 's plan to add 120 beds to its hospital moved forward Friday as no one filed a request for a public hearing o...
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UK study finds HIV drugs could be repurposed to treat age-related macular degeneration, now untreatable in up to 90% of cases

Unknown 2:42 PM eye care, ophthalmology, research, University of Kentucky
Drugs that have been used for the last 30 years to treat HIV and AIDS could also be used to treat age-related macular degeneration in the ey...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. gives UK's James Norton the Dan Martin Award for Lifetime Contributions to Rural Health

Unknown 2:39 PM awards, rural health, University of Kentucky
James Norton of the University of Kentucky is this year's recipient of the Dan Martin Award for Lifelong Contributions to Rural Health...
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