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UofL research: Fireworks-related burns requiring hospital stays skyrocket among kids

April 30, 2016

As states relaxed laws related to fireworks sales during the past decade, emergency doctors saw an increase in both the number of fireworks-related injuries among children and the severity of those injuries, according to new research being present

Nursing professor receives statewide award for excellence

April 29, 2016

Marianne Hutti, PhD, APRN, an educator who relishes the small ways she has helped students succeed over the years, has received a major accolade: The State Award for Excellence from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), the large

Annual Mother’s Day Mammograms program expands to include colon cancer screening

April 26, 2016

An annual program to provide women with low-cost mammograms in celebration of Mother’s Day has expanded to include colon cancer screening for both sexes.