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UofL researchers examine mental, medical effects of older inmates

January 29, 2019

Researchers at the Kent School of Social Work are conducting interviews with older male inmates in Kentucky prisons as part of a study aimed to see what effects being an older inmate has on mental and medical health.

UofL e-cigarette research shows harm to health

January 24, 2019

University of Louisville researchers are studying the effects of electronic cigarettes and hookahs on cardiovascular health. Cardiovascular researcher Daniel Conklin is leading this study.

UofL researcher part of international team to discover bacterial pathogen in Alzheimer’s patients

January 24, 2019

New science uncovers how an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) – the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease – appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease pathology.