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11/06/2025
🚬🫁 To***co use doesn't just put your lungs at risk. It also affects your heart, blood sugar, infection risk and more.
🚭 If you smoke or use to***co, quitting can make a huge difference. Learn the warning signs and talk to your doctor. ⤵️
Our lungs are a vital organ and serve many purposes for our body, so we should be inclined to take care of our lungs as best we can. Despite knowing their function, many people still choose to participate in hobbies that are harmful to the lungs, such as using to***co products. To***co use is extrem...
11/04/2025
When you think about “getting healthy,” taking care of your heart should be a primary concern. 🫀
When you think about “getting healthy,” a primary concern should be taking care of your heart. Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure, is the No. 1 killer of women and men in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
11/03/2025
Happy retirement to David Jones, M.D.! Dr. Jones is signing off after 36 years of service to citizens of Henry County and recently celebrated with his colleagues from UofL Physicians – Primary Care in Eminence.
11/02/2025
Symptoms of Pulmonary Hypertension develop slowly and are common to many other medical conditions. Talk to your doctor about your symptoms and what’s going on in your body, so you can work as a team on how to move forward.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a type of high blood pressure that affects the pulmonary arteries, which are the blood vessels running to the lungs from the right side of the heart. Pulmonary arteries carry blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation. In PH, blood vessels in the lungs are narro...
11/01/2025
⏰ DON'T FORGET! Daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m.
Here are some tips for dealing with time changes: ULHealth.co/4hGJQYD
10/31/2025
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Halloween! 🎃🍬👻 Check out some of the awesome costumes from our team members at Shelbyville Hospital.
10/30/2025
After facing a breast cancer diagnosis and completing treatment, many women find themselves asking, “What's next?” Here are some ways to ease into the transition and realize your new normal ⤵️
After facing a breast cancer diagnosis and completing treatment, many women find themselves asking, “what next?” It’s a big transition to go from visiting your physician every week or so to every three to six months, and this change can leave many breast cancer survivors feeling unsure and uns...
10/29/2025
We're excited to launch the first Total U Blitz, designed to give UofL Health employees direct access to important resources and benefits support during open enrollment—all in one place!
Employee Health, Lincoln Financial, Benefits Team, Ventegra, Delta Dental, Anthem and Power of Wellness (ICWS) are here to connect and explore benefits and resources available to UofL Health employees.
Oct. 29 is World Stroke Day. When recognizing signs and symptoms of stroke, BE FAST to seek medical attention immediately. BE FAST also serves as a simple way to help people remember the signs and symptoms of stroke. 🔗 ULHealth.co/4qxyCdc
10/28/2025
📋 Completing a breast cancer risk assessment can help you understand your 10-year and lifetime risk for developing breast cancer.
At UofL Health, breast radiologists often run an assessment on patients at their screening mammogram to determine if additional screening is recommended.
With breast cancer being the second-leading cause of cancer death for women, according to the American Cancer Society, it can be beneficial to complete a breast cancer risk assessment to see how likely you are to develop breast cancer. Learn more about breast cancer risk assessments.
10/26/2025
Fatigue can impact many aspects of stroke survivors’ daily lives, creating mental and physical challenges. Fatigue can be a direct result of the stroke location or from other factors related to the stroke. Learn more ⤵️
When recovering from stroke, many stroke survivors experience fatigue. Fatigue can impact many aspects of stroke survivors’ daily lives, creating mental and physical challenges. Learn more about fatigue after a stroke.
10/24/2025
🫁Happy Respiratory Care Week!💨
At UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital, our respiratory therapists diagnose, treat and help prevent acute and chronic cardiopulmonary conditions.
This week, we're celebrating our amazing RTs who help our patients breathe easier and live healthier. 🙌 Thanks for all you do!
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UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 250 physician practice locations, more than 1,000 providers, the Frazier Rehab Center and James Graham Brown Cancer Center.
With more than 10,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission—one purpose—delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient—each and every day.
Expertise for the simplest to more complex medical issues
With our vast network of community and academic physicians, we are in communities throughout western Kentucky bringing the expertise, care and compassion that is at the core of our mission to every patient we serve. As a leading academic health system, we’ve attracted specialists from every discipline—seasoned caregivers who have experience with a broad range of complex medical and surgical issues. This means that we treat the simplest medical issues with the same level of care and expertise as we do the more complex issues. Not only do we bring our knowledge to our patients, but we collaborate with professionals throughout the country and in some cases the world, ensuring that you have the right treatment options for whatever health issue you may be facing.
What does it mean to be an academic health system?
Through our affiliation with University of Louisville School of Medicine, we are developing future technologies, better processes and more advanced treatments. This means that UofL Health is taking education, research and innovation into our hospital, clinics and practices. We’re providing our patients the highest possible levels of care by bringing minds from across the system and across the world to work for you.
Research is the academic difference
The hallmark of an academic health system is research. New discoveries, treatments and technology are happening every day right here at UofL Health.
Not only do you have access to the latest care innovations, research and clinical trials, but your providers are directly involved in transforming the future of care and passing knowledge on to the next generation of health care professionals.
Opportunities to participate in clinical research trials
Medical research is vital to finding new and better ways to improve lives, cure diseases and manage ongoing health issues. Our patients may have the opportunity to not only benefit from the research, but to participate in our clinical trials.
As a leader in clinical research, UofL Health conducts a wide array of clinical trials, working with patient volunteers. If a patient chooses to participate in a clinical trial, they could have access to the latest drugs, treatments and technology, and play an important part in helping transform future care for patients everywhere.
