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Certified nurse midwife to discuss hormones’ role in labor, childbirth
May 3, 2016
A pregnant woman’s body undergoes a complex set of interconnected, mutually beneficial phases that prepare her and her baby for childbirth. The hormonal actions occurring in one phase anticipate and usher in subsequent phases.
UofL dental school grads return home to serve rural Kentucky with a little help from some friends
May 2, 2016
As girls growing up in rural Kentucky, it was a an easy decision for Emily Knight and Jerrica Norvell to return to the communities they loved to work as health care professionals. Receiving money to make that happen sweetened the pot.
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