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August 09, 2024
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1 in 6 Americans live at least 4 hours from proton beam therapy facility

More than 16% of Americans live at least a 4-hour drive from the closest proton beam therapy facility, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

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February 22, 2024
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COVID-19 caused ‘substantial deficit’ of cancer diagnoses in first 10 months of pandemic

More than 130,000 cancer cases went undiagnosed during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers estimated in a cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA Oncology.

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May 30, 2023
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Stan L. Block, MD, FAAP

Stan L. Block, MD, FAAP, is a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky. He is also president of Kentucky Pediatric and Adult Research Inc.

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April 29, 2023
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Intervention reduces financial toxicity among people with blood cancers

An oncology financial navigation intervention decreased financial toxicity among patients with blood cancers and their caregivers, according to study results.

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April 20, 2023
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Depression before, after diagnosis linked to higher risk for breast cancer death

A depression diagnosis before and after a breast cancer diagnosis appeared associated with worse survival outcomes, according to study results published in Cancer.

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February 27, 2023
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BLOG: Therapeutic landscape for steroid-refractory chronic GVHD continues to evolve

Chronic graft-versus-host disease continues to be a leading cause of late morbidity and mortality, complicating approximately 35% to 50% of allogeneic transplantations.

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September 12, 2022
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NIH awards University of Kentucky $20.5 million for Alzheimer’s research

Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have received a $20.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study astrocytes and their role in Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

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July 18, 2022
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ASPC will cover the ABCs of preventive cardiology at annual Congress on CVD Prevention

The American Society for Preventive Cardiology announces the official program for the ASPC 2022 Congress on CVD Prevention, scheduled July 29 to 31 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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December 10, 2021
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High exposure to trauma, anxiety seen in children with type 1 diabetes

Psychiatric conditions such as exposure to trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety disorders and suicidal ideation are frequent among children with type 1 diabetes and may influence disease self-management, data show.