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UofL leading nationwide efforts to improve care for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities

February 21, 2018

At one time, people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) were mostly children. Thanks to medical advances and the deinstitutionalization movement, the number of adults living in the community with IDD has grown dramatically.

UofL researchers find unhealthy levels of chemicals in homes of older adults

February 21, 2018

Researchers at the University of Louisville have found high levels of several chemicals in the homes of local residents while examining the effects of home environmental exposures on asthma in adults 60 and older.

Kentucky Cancer Program, UofL Women's Basketball team up for pink out this Thursday

February 20, 2018

The No. 4-ranked UofL Women's basketball team will offer some health awareness during its match up with the University of Virginia Thursday at the KFC Yum! Center. Tip-off is at 7 p.m.