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UofL Hospital trauma team presented awards for life-saving efforts

September 10, 2019

Former gunshot wound patients and anti-violence advocate Christopher 2X visited UofL Hospital to express their gratitude to the nurses and trauma surgeons for saving their lives. In a ceremony on Thursday, Sept.

UofL Alzheimer’s specialist to talk brain health at Beer with a Scientist

September 10, 2019

The search for effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease continues, as new cases are diagnosed at an ever-increasing rate. Unfortunately, every drug tested to treat the disease so far has been proven ineffective.

UofL's Center for Creative Placehealing focuses on positive workplace culture

September 4, 2019

In America, more than 80% of healthcare expenditure can be directly linked to preventable diseases like depression, but the University of Louisville’s Center for Creative Placehealing is taking steps to ensure that workplace stresses are less of a