Tagged: markey cancer center

Local/Regional News
5:55 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

UK's Markey Center Holds Annual Cancer Research Day Event

Credit UK Healthcare
Dr. Mark Evers is the director of UK's Markey Cancer Center

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky’s Markey Cancer Center held its annual Cancer Research Day on Monday.  Over 140 posters lined the halls of UK’s Singletary Center, highlighting recent research.

Director Mark Evers says Markey should hear word soon regarding its application to the National Cancer Institute for designation as Kentucky’s first and only national cancer center.

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Local/Regional News
3:06 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

Women's Health Focus Of Kiosk Technology

Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear joined the University of Kentucky’s Dr Mary Lynne Capilouto to introduce a new tool designed to dispense health care information to women who may not otherwise receive it.

According the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C., Kentucky’s female population ranks in the bottom third of almost every women’s health indicator. The Women’s Wellness Guide, a touch-screen kiosk located UK’s Markey Cancer Center, is intended to be one step toward remedying that problem with technology.

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