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UofL Hospital neurosurgeon performs unique surgery

A surgeon at University of Louisville Hospital, part of KentuckyOne Health, recently performed an extended endoscopic skull-based surgery of the brain, a unique surgery of its kind in Kentucky.

Study shows how primary care providers influence smoking cessation

Motivational interviewing (MI), a counseling approach that uses a person’s own internal drive to initiate change, can increase the likelihood that a patient will change smoking behaviors, according to a University of Louisville study published in the Southern Medical Journal. The study tested the effects of different approaches to smoking cessation counseling offered in primary care clinics.

Ann Swank gives back to benefit students studying exercise physiology

University of Louisville faculty and staff have played a significant role in the success of the Charting Our Course comprehensive campaign, contributing more than $27 million to the billion-dollar effort.