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Annual Knock Out Stroke event May 12 at Muhammad Ali Center

April 17, 2017

Kentucky residents suffer stroke at rates among the highest in the nation. Factors increasing the risk of stroke include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking and African American and Native American ethnicity.

UofL study examining effects of coal ash exposure on children

April 17, 2017

Understanding whether children who live closer to coal ash storage sites and power plants have greater neurobehavioral disorders than children who live further away is the focus of a University of Louisville study funded by the National Institute

UofL Owensboro nursing students turn in perfect scores on licensure exam

April 14, 2017

The University of Louisville School of Nursing Owensboro Extension program achieved a 100-percent pass rate in 2016 for first-time takers of the National Council Licensure Examin