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Future health care providers receive culturally sensitive training from UofL

December 12, 2018

More than 600 future doctors, dentists, nurses and public health providers crammed into the Kentucky African-American History Center for training on caring for patients whose sexual orientation or cultural experiences are different from their own.

UofL researchers studying Kentucky's overuse of prescription antibiotics

December 11, 2018

Researchers at the University of Louisville have been combing through Kentucky’s Medicaid claims data to help the state get a better sense of the use — or overuse — of prescription antibiotics. 

Neighborhoods with more greenspace may mean less heart disease

December 11, 2018

People who live in leafy, green neighborhoods may have a lower risk of developing heart disease and strokes, according to new research published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association