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UofL Depression Center associate director urges people to have uncomfortable conversations

July 3, 2018

The number of suicides in the United States has risen in the last 20 years, and the issue has been thrust into the spotlight with the recent deaths of celebrities Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade.

Across disciplines, UofL is developing expertise to help sex trafficking victims

July 3, 2018

She could be the girl next door. With strawberry blonde hair and a lightly freckled face, Cotie is 26 but could pass for half-a-dozen years younger.

Study: Artificial pancreas controls diabetes better than standard insulin therapy

July 2, 2018

A new study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine found that for hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes who were receiving noncritical care, the use of an automated, closed-loop insulin delivery system (an artific