Craig Martin, PharmD, BCPS
Dr. Martin serves as the clinical pharmacist for University of Kentucky Hospital's Antimicrobial Management Team...
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Social and clinical advances in the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) continue to occur across the globe. Significant accomplishments include reductions in HIV-associated morbidity and mortality, introduction of less complex medications and dosing regimens, more thorough understandings of the processes surrounding HIV infection, and development of stronger social program infrastructures. As efforts to combat HIV...
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Brian S. Murphy, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Division of Infectious Diseases
University of...
Opioid addiction is a significant public health problem in the United States, associated with the spread of infectious diseases, crime, premature death, and significant psychiatric and medical comorbidities. There are an estimated 1 million people meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV criteria for prescription opioid dependence according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and an additional 1 million people addicted to heroin according to the Office of National Drug Control...
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Obesity has become a national issue. Kentucky, specifically, ranks in the top 10 states for obesity and sedentary lifestyle, in addition to diabetes. Type 2 diabetes used to be “adult onset diabetes”; however, in recent years, diabetes in adolescents is on the rise, primarily due to obesity. Health care professionals need to recognize the problem, identify children and adolescents at risk, and understand appropriate treatments.
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Holly Divine, PharmD, CGP, CDE
Associate Professor
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience Coordinator
Community Pharmacy...
A recent study from the NIH indicates that there are 50 million or more Americans have high BP warranting some form of treatment. Periodically there are new guidelines released designed to increase awareness, prevention, treatment and control of hypertension. Educating providers on the new guidelines will hopefully increase patient care.
For more than three decades, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has administered the National High Blood Pressure Education...
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Steven Dunn, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Cardiology
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
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Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke or passive smoke, is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of tobacco products and the smoke exhaled by smokers. Approximately 50,000 persons die annually in the United States due to secondhand smoke exposure (Cal EPA, 2005; USDHHS, 2006). Secondhand smoke is associated with at least 46,000 coronary heart disease deaths (California EPA, 2005; NIH, 1999; USDHHS, 2006) and 3,400 lung cancer deaths annually among adult...
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Ellen Hahn, DNS, RN
Alumni Professor
Colleges of Nursing and Public Health
University of Kentucky, Director
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As patient and graft survival after liver transplantation continues to improve, unmet medical needs have emerged as a focus of concern for clinicians involved in long-term patient management. Pre- and post-transplant renal dysfunction represents one of the most serious challenges facing liver transplantation today. Acute and chronic renal failure, occurring both before and after liver transplantation, complicates patient management and has been associated with increased morbidity...
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