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- Community Leadership Institute Of Ky. Is Taking Applications For Its 2015 Class; Provides Training And Resources For Health Projects
The Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky, which provides research and leadership training, funding, and technical support for health-related research projects, is accepting applications for its 2015 class. In its second year, this program is designed...
- Another Study Suggests That Lack Of Walking And Other Physical Activity Damages Blood Vessels And Causes Many Health Issues
If you are looking for a reason to commit to daily exercise in 2015, here are two: The U.S. surgeon general says most of us only exercise about half the recommended amount to be healthy, and a new study shows that this lack of activity damages our...
- Kentucky Gets $1.7 Million Federal Grant To Reduce Risk Factors That Lead To Obesity, Chronic Disease; Focus Will Be On Schools
Kentucky has received a five-year $1.7 million grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help Kentuckians reduce risk factors that lead to obesity and chronic disease. Most of the money will be used for preventive measures...
- Study Says Obese Children (kentucky's A Leader In That) May Have Quadruple The Risk Of Having High Blood Pressure As Adults
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new study shows that being obese in childhood may quadruple the risk of having high blood pressure risk as an adult, highlighting the need for Kentucky to curb its high rate of childhood obesity. Eighteen percent...
- Uk Finally Wins $20 Million Grant To Translate Medical Research Into Action At The Bedside And In The Field; Now 'a Member Of The Club'
The University of Kentucky announced Tuesday that the National Institutes of Health had awarded it $20 million over five years to help move research discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside. The grant, one of the largest research awards in the university's...
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UK gets biggest-ever grant from National Institutes of Health to probe links between obesity and cardiovascular disease
The University of Kentucky has received its largest-ever National Institutes of Health grant to explore connections between two of the state's biggest health problems, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
The university's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence "supports research of promising junior faculty focused on identifying mechanisms linking the epidemic of obesity to a high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases," a UK press release said. The faculty support helps the researchers compete for new NIH grants. In the first phase of the program, 90 percent competed successfully, and they published 500 study reports.
"Research to be executed under the present grant runs the gamut from laboratory research conducted at the cellular level, to bedside translational research conducted in pediatric and adult patients," the release said. "Projects focus on mechanisms for the development of obesity, the influence of obesity on recovery of the heart following a heart attack, obesity-induced inflammation, and how this influences the cardiovascular system, and imaging of heart dynamics and function in obese children."
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| Dr. Lisa Cassis directs the program. |
"Research to be executed under the present grant runs the gamut from laboratory research conducted at the cellular level, to bedside translational research conducted in pediatric and adult patients," the release said. "Projects focus on mechanisms for the development of obesity, the influence of obesity on recovery of the heart following a heart attack, obesity-induced inflammation, and how this influences the cardiovascular system, and imaging of heart dynamics and function in obese children."
- Community Leadership Institute Of Ky. Is Taking Applications For Its 2015 Class; Provides Training And Resources For Health Projects
The Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky, which provides research and leadership training, funding, and technical support for health-related research projects, is accepting applications for its 2015 class. In its second year, this program is designed...
- Another Study Suggests That Lack Of Walking And Other Physical Activity Damages Blood Vessels And Causes Many Health Issues
If you are looking for a reason to commit to daily exercise in 2015, here are two: The U.S. surgeon general says most of us only exercise about half the recommended amount to be healthy, and a new study shows that this lack of activity damages our...
- Kentucky Gets $1.7 Million Federal Grant To Reduce Risk Factors That Lead To Obesity, Chronic Disease; Focus Will Be On Schools
Kentucky has received a five-year $1.7 million grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help Kentuckians reduce risk factors that lead to obesity and chronic disease. Most of the money will be used for preventive measures...
- Study Says Obese Children (kentucky's A Leader In That) May Have Quadruple The Risk Of Having High Blood Pressure As Adults
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new study shows that being obese in childhood may quadruple the risk of having high blood pressure risk as an adult, highlighting the need for Kentucky to curb its high rate of childhood obesity. Eighteen percent...
- Uk Finally Wins $20 Million Grant To Translate Medical Research Into Action At The Bedside And In The Field; Now 'a Member Of The Club'
The University of Kentucky announced Tuesday that the National Institutes of Health had awarded it $20 million over five years to help move research discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside. The grant, one of the largest research awards in the university's...