http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Kentucky (Medical Xpress)—Do you stay up late into the night using the Internet? Are you grumpy or anxious when you cannot log on? Do you feel the need to use the Internet more and more to feel satisfied? Do you stay online longer than you intended? Is your Internet use interfering with your social life, work, or academic performance? Do you continue to use the Internet despite family conflict about your use? Have you lied in order to conceal your involvement with the Internet? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-internet-addiction.html Addiction Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:01 EST news290755272 Researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture recently completed one of the first studies to explore how working with horses can develop emotional intelligence in humans. UK Center for Leadership Development researchers, Patricia Dyk and Lissa Pohl, collaborated with UK HealthCare nurse researchers, Carol Noriega, Janine Lindgreen and Robyn Cheung on the two-year study, titled "The Effectiveness of Equine Guided Leadership Education to Develop Emotional Intelligence in Expert Nurses." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-examind-equine-assisted.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 30 May 2013 07:30:03 EST news289116181 Scientists at the University of Kentucky recently performed a comprehensive characterization of age-related behavioral changes in an important mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-lab-age-related-alzheimer-mice.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 28 May 2013 07:10:02 EST news288941652 A unique new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Guo-Min Li and Libya Gu, in collaboration with Dr. Wei Yang at National Institutes of Health, reveals a novel mechanism explaining the previously unknown root cause of some forms of colorectal cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-potential-colorectal-cancers.html Cancer Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:35:22 EST news286126517 Even a mild injury to the brain can have long lasting consequences, including increased risk of cognitive impairment later in life. While it is not yet known how brain injury increases risk for dementia, there are indications that chronic, long-lasting, inflammation in the brain may be important. A new paper by researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA), appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience, offers the latest information concerning a "switch" that turns "on" and "off" inflammation in the brain after trauma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-traumatic-brain-injuries.html Neuroscience Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:02:40 EST news285260554 Semi-truck drivers and sleeper berth passengers who were not using safety restraints, significantly increased the odds of injuries in moving collisions compared to those semi-truck occupants who were using occupant safety restraints, according to a recent study by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-lack-safety-restraint-semi-truck-injury.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:15:32 EST news282208522 Exercise can affect your sleep. The results of the National Sleep Foundation's 2013 Sleep in America poll show a compelling association between exercise and better sleep. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-national-foundation-poll-key-good.html Health Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:20:01 EST news281608796 A groundbreaking new study led by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Dr. Peter Zhou found that triple-negative breast cancer cells are missing a key enzyme that other cancer cells contain—providing insight into potential therapeutic targets to treat the aggressive cancer. Zhou's study is unique in that his lab is the only one in the country to specifically study the metabolic process of triple-negative breast cancer cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-key-enzyme-aggressive-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:45:04 EST news281281484 (Medical Xpress)—A new study authored by University of Kentucky researcher Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles shows that more empathic communication is needed between caregivers and hospice team members. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-empathic-hospice-teams-caregivers.html Health Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:00:01 EST news281086944 (Medical Xpress)—A study by a leading Alzheimer's researcher at the University of Kentucky provides new evidence that will help researchers home in on the molecular mechanisms involved in inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS) and aid drug-development strategies for treating inflammatory neurological diseases.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-p38beta-mapk-critical-brain-inflammation.html Medical research Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:00:08 EST news280488620 A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows evidence that certain forms of abuse negatively influence women cancer patients' quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-uk-abuse-affect-cancer-related-well-being.html Cancer Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:50:28 EST news278347818 A research team composed of University of Kentucky researchers has published a paper which provides the first direct evidence that activated astrocytes could play a harmful role in Alzheimer's disease. The UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has also received significant new National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to further this line of study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-team-inhibits-alzheimer-biomarkers-animal.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:52:50 EST news274459840 Digoxin, a drug widely used to treat heart disease, increases the possibility of death when used by patients with a common heart rhythm problem − atrial fibrillation (AF), according to new study findings by University of Kentucky researchers. The results have been published in the prestigious European Heart Journal, and raises serious concerns about the expansive use of this long-standing heart medication in patients with AF. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-common-drug-deaths-atrial-fibrillation.html Cardiology Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:33:41 EST news273252814 (Medical Xpress)—A new study review published by the University of Kentucky found that music therapy can be beneficial to patients before, during and after a surgical procedure and may reduce pain and recovery time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-benefits-music-therapy-surgery-patients.html Other Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:16:34 EST news272560584 If a mother exercises during her pregnancy, will that benefit her children? Researchers at the University of Kentucky have initiated studies to look into the idea: a group from the UK Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences has received a $100,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study whether maternal exercise during pregnancy can lead to a reduced risk of cancer in offspring. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pregnancy-offspring-cancer.html Cancer Sat, 29 Sep 2012 05:18:27 EST news268114701