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A residential area showing trees and shrubs added for the Green Heart Louisville Project. Photo by Mike Wilkinson for The Nature Conservancy.
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UofL Green Heart Project: residents' inflammation lower after trees added to neighborhoods

August 27, 2024

The University of Louisville’s groundbreaking Green Heart Louisville Project has found that people living in neighborhoods where the number of trees and shrubs was more than doubled showed lower levels of a blood marker of inflammation than those

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UofL medical students address heart health disparities in summer research

August 12, 2024

UofL medical students Paul Brown and Andrea Ballinger conducted a study to decrease health disparities for Black patients by helping educate physicians about potential barriers to an important heart health test as part of a summer research program

UofL cardiologist Roberto Bolli, center, with team members working in a biomedical laboratory.
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UofL cardiologist leading clinical trial for high potential new therapy for heart failure

August 6, 2024

A new stem cell therapy for heart failure is being tested in patients at the University of Louisville and UofL Health.