FDA approves study to test epidural stimulation for spinal cord injury at UofL Researchers to measure ability of epidural stimulation onto improve cardiovascular functions, standing and controlling leg movements
The University of Louisville School of Medicine has received approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to begin enrolling participants in a feasibility...
UofL students train for mass casualties as part of new certificate program
With bombings and mass shootings on the rise,聽UofL聽medical students are being trained in how to deal with these聽real-life聽situations. It鈥檚 part of a new聽two-year聽certificate program...
UofL researchers strive to extend the storage life of blood
The blood that millions of people donate daily can only be stored up to six weeks before it must be used in a transfusion....
Toxicology researchers help prep rural high school students for academic competition
Researchers in the University of Louisville Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology spoke with Future Problem Solvers this week from two rural Kentucky high schools...
UofL Hospital opens new center to treat hepatitis C Kentucky has highest infection rate in country; disease can now be cured
University of Louisville Hospital opened a new center today to treat hepatitis C, a particular problem in Kentucky, which has the highest infection rate...
UofL Hospital is first in region to utilize latest infection-control technologies
Putting action and investment behind commitment is evident at University of Louisville Hospital with two new technologies put into place that advance the goal...
UofL Hospital first in region to use advanced new imaging system Discovery IGS 740 exceptionally accurate, faster and safer than traditional systems
University of Louisville Hospital is the first in the region to install and use a new imaging system that is more accurate, faster and...
UofL study: Methods of CPR training vary among U.S. high schools State laws don鈥檛 ensure high-quality training, hope is to standardize process
While CPR instruction in high school is required by law in a growing number of states, there is no standard method of implementation, according...
Kentucky offers specialty license plate supporting Alzheimer鈥檚 Association UofL鈥檚 Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging provides support for the effort
License plates supporting the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association are available for purchase in Kentucky, making the Bluegrass the first in the United States to offer a...
UofL researchers discover key signaling protein for muscle growth that may enhance therapies for cancer, muscular dystrophy
Researchers at UofL have discovered that a well-known protein, myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88), is a critical factor in the development and...