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Every week, Davis speaks with local health providers, professionals, and researchers on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.

Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine WUKY

    • Health & Fitness

Every week, Davis speaks with local health providers, professionals, and researchers on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.

    This form of dementia occurs in 1 of 1,000 patients but its effect is especially devastating for families and caregivers - learn more about frontotemporal dementia

    This form of dementia occurs in 1 of 1,000 patients but its effect is especially devastating for families and caregivers - learn more about frontotemporal dementia

    This week on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine Dr. Pete Nelson with UK's Sanders Brown Center on Aging talks about this rare form of dementia

    • 8 min
    Important info that 'bares' repeating: protect that skin from the sun

    Important info that 'bares' repeating: protect that skin from the sun

    Whether you’re planning a beach vacation, gardening, or watching your kids’ baseball games, make sure you take steps to protect yourself and your loved ones from skin cancer. We again offer this very important conversation with John D'Orazio, M.D., chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the UK Department of Pediatrics.

    • 8 min
    UK HealthCare Trauma hosting public event for Stop the Bleed Day

    UK HealthCare Trauma hosting public event for Stop the Bleed Day

    National Stop the Bleed Day is May 23. The goal of this day is to better prepare the public to save lives by raising awareness of basic actions to stop life-threatening bleeding following everyday emergencies and man-made and natural disasters. Dr. Greg talks with UK HealthCare Trauma Coordinator Amie Peel.

    • 7 min
    Upcoming conference at UK to explore the science of flavor in our brains

    Upcoming conference at UK to explore the science of flavor in our brains

    The International Society of Neurogastronomy (ISN) will bring their annual symposium back to the University of Kentucky campus on May 18th at the UK Gatton Student Center. Neurogastronomy is a relatively new field that explores how flavor sensations are created in the brain, what the brain does with flavor information, and the behavioral and physiological consequences that result. Dr. Greg talks with ISN president Tim McClintock about this year's symposium. McClintock is a professor of physiology at UK.

    • 9 min
    Lexington native's research takes linguistic approach to tackle 'nature versus nurture' question

    Lexington native's research takes linguistic approach to tackle 'nature versus nurture' question

    Is it more about what you say or how you play? This week Dr. Greg talks with Sydney Sun, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania who talks about her research involving the type of linguistic communication parents and children used during game-play and what that revealed about future behavioral patterns.

    • 10 min
    Researchers highlight and share applications of clinical science in everyday life during annual CCTS conference

    Researchers highlight and share applications of clinical science in everyday life during annual CCTS conference

    The 19th Annual Spring Conference of the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) drew it’s largest-ever audience, with nearly 1,100 attendees including a particularly special guest: Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton, who issued a proclamation that April 9 is “Translational Science Day” in the city. Our own Dr. Greg Davis used the occasion to talk one-on-one with Philip Kern, M.D., co-director of the CCTS.

    • 6 min

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