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UK Has Slim Lead in Big Blue Crush The University of Kentucky is leading in the Big Blue Crush blood donation competition between UK and the University of Tennessee 1,990 to 1,873. Its a slim lead, so UK students, employees, alumni and friends are asked to make donations in an effort to beat UT this year. This is the 22nd year for Big Blue Crush in conjunction with the Kentucky Blood Center, and UT leads the overall competition 11 to 9 with one tie. This years winner will be recognized during the UK vs. UT football game Saturday, Nov. 28, in UKs Commonwealth Stadium. Tobacco-Free UK: A Healthy Place to Live, Work and Learn The University of Kentucky today enacts a campuswide tobacco-free policy, taking a leading role in creating a healthier Kentucky. This policys implementation coincides with the American Cancer Societys 34th Great American Smokeout. Log A Load Helping to Brighten Childrens Futures For 22 years, an industry that touches every corner of the state has been helping Kentucky Childrens Hospital. This year, members of the wood industry in Western Kentucky have raised the bar in helping the hospital by giving more than $20,000, a more than 42 percent increase from the highest amount they raised in any previous year. Kentucky Children’s Hospital Focuses on High BMI Kentucky ranks first among the 50 states in overall prevalence of childhood obesity, according to the National Survey of Childrens Health. Building a Legacy of Hope He now is internationally recognized and renowned and in 1960, he entered the first University of Kentucky College of Medicine class. That is Dr. William R. Markesbery, who now is director of the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and its Alzheimers Disease Center (ADC), Commonwealth Chair in Aging and professor of neurology, pathology, neurosurgery, and anatomy and neurobiology, UK College of Medicine. Launch Party to Benefit Kentucky Childrens Hospital The public will have the opportunity to see natural color diamond jewelry and benefit Kentucky Childrens Hospital through The Makenna Foundation. A launch party will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 24 at St John & Myers Jewelry Salon, 4379 Old Harrodsburg Road, Suite 150 at South Elkhorn Village in Lexington. Medical Home Clinic Renamed in Honor of Dr. Pinkstaff Today, the Medical Home for Coordinated Pediatrics (MHCP) clinic was renamed the Thomas H. Pinkstaff Medical Home Clinic. Pinkstaff, the founding father of the clinic, passed away in April this year. Parkinsons Researchers Study New Drug-Delivery Method A team of Parkinsons disease researchers at the University of Kentucky is investigating a promising method for delivering therapeutic drugs directly to patients brains through an implanted catheter connected to a small, portable pump. Seasonal Safety: Be Safe When Buying Toys Each year, more than three billion toys and games are sold in the United States, with 65 percent of these sales occurring between the day after Thanksgiving and the day before Christmas. Biomedical Research Center Gets $10.5 Million A multidisciplinary biomedical research center at the University of Kentucky has received $10.5 million in renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "Apart from the important new knowledge generated from these research projects, the COBRE supports the further development of biomedical scientists who are critical to our nation’s health care," said Dr. Jay Perman, dean of the UK College of Medicine and vice president for clinical affairs. Giving Stem Cells a Boost Researchers at the University of Kentuckys Markey Cancer Center are investigating the ability of a protein called SLIT2 to maintain healthy levels of a type of stem cell, called hematopoietic stem cells. These cells, found in bone marrow, give rise to every type of blood cell in the body. New plan puts heart attacks on fast track Heart attack patients won’t go to the emergency room as part of a new University of Kentucky plan designed to help those patients receive faster treatment. COM Deans Newsletter - October 2009 To see the current newsletter, please click the link above. Calipari and Papa Johns Donate to KCH University of Kentucky Mens Basketball Coach John Calipari and Papa Johns President Jude Thompson donated $50,000 recently to Kentucky Childrens Hospital. Thompson presented the check to Dr. Tim Bricker, professor and chairman of pediatrics, UK College of Medicine, and physician-in-chief of Kentucky Childrens Hospital. UK Researchers Test New Treatment for Alzheimers Researchers from the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will begin testing an intriguing new approach to slowing down the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) using Intravenous Immune Globulin (IGIV), also known as gammaglobulin. IGIV is currently used to treat primary immunodeficiency disorders but is not currently approved for treating AD, which is one of the leading causes of dementia in the elderly. Research to Take to Heart The ballroom is filled with expectant young faces, bright with anticipation—not for the next dance, but for their work to be evaluated and recognized. Take Your Legislator to School Day Kentuckys legislators, the mayor of Lexington, and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services experienced medical school firsthand as "students" in the University of Kentucky College of Medicines inaugural Legislative Mini-Medical School on Monday, Oct. 19. Legislators experienced – in one day – examples of the events and milestones medical students encounter in four years of training, from white coat ceremony to graduation. |
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