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Dr. George Thomas, a UK HealthCare surgeon, clarifies what fibroids are—benign muscle balls in the uterus—and their common symptoms like abnormal bleeding and bulk pressure on organs. He outlines a spectrum of treatment choices: expected management, medical approaches, and various surgical interventions, highlighting minimally invasive techniques. The discussion also stresses the critical role of awareness and patient advocacy in improving women's health, detailing the comprehensive and advanced fibroid care available at UK HealthCare, including new technologies like ablation and embolization.
Dr. Ginny Gottschalk, chair of UK's Department of Family and Community Medicine, discusses the recent opening of UK HealthCare - Hamburg and the importance of primary care for families in Kentucky.
Dr. Sarah Kluck, an Obstetrician-Gynecologist with UK HealthCare, specializes in fibroids and other women’s health issues such as endometriosis, abnormal pap smears, abnormal uterine bleeding, sexual health and gender dysphoria. She is passionate about offering a minimally invasive approach to surgery.
Dr. Deidra Beshear, medical director of the Women's Health Clinic at UK HealthCare and a certified menopause practitioner, discusses the new menopause clinic at UK HealthCare.
Child Neurology advancements at UK HealthCare, with specific focus on work at Kentucky Neuroscience Institute to address Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Duchenne's Muscular Distrophy
The prevalence and treatment for pediatric stroke and how UK HealthCare and Kentucky Neuroscience Institute are uniquely positioned to care for those patients.
Extraordinary People is a podcast series highlighting stories of the patients, doctors and other folks who make UK HealthCare a special place and inspire us as we strive to create a healthier Kentucky. In 2019, Tiona Stevenson realized she didn’t feel like herself. She spent two long years working through it, along the way suffering multiple seizures. UK HealthCare neurosurgeon Dr. David Dornbos successfully diagnosed and treated Tiona for an arteriovenous malformation, and has since been seizur...
Extraordinary People is a podcast series highlighting stories of the patients, doctors and other folks who make UK HealthCare a special place and inspire us as we strive to create a healthier Kentucky. Aspiring firefighter Nick Corman was suffering from kidney disease and needed a transplant — otherwise, he’d never realize his lifelong dream. Despite his twin sister Kristen’s hope to donate, she wasn’t a suitable match, nor were many others who cared for him. Jillian Kyde, whose sons were belove...
Dr. Chadi Diab and Dr. Andrew Shabila discuss everything you need to know about Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE).
Extraordinary People is a podcast series highlighting stories of the patients, doctors and other folks who make UK HealthCare a special place and inspire us as we strive to create a healthier Kentucky. Raymond Cloud loved to be active and part of society, but irreversible scarring in his lungs was making it harder and harder to breath. Feeling like he had nothing to live for when the pandemic started, fate intervened and brought Raymond to Lexington, where he began regularly visiting with a pulm...
Extraordinary People is a podcast series highlighting stories of the patients, doctors and other folks who make UK HealthCare a special place and inspire us as we strive to create a healthier Kentucky. Debra Faulk is a lifelong performer and comedienne. In January 2021, Debra was diagnosed with breast cancer following her annual mammogram. Through her treatments at the UK Markey Cancer Center and the UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute, Debra's spirit remained strong. She embraced her journey...
Extraordinary People is a podcast series highlighting stories of the patients, doctors and other folks who make UK HealthCare a special place and inspire us as we strive to create a healthier Kentucky. In this episode, you'll hear from Dr. Chase Kluemper, a surgeon with the UK HealthCare Hand Center. Dr. Kluemper answers questions about how he and his colleagues helped a 13-year-old Amish boy regain almost complete functionality of his left hand after it was severed in a sawing accident....
Members of the UK HealthCare Pediatric Forensic Medicine team are involved in human trafficking task forces at the local and state level. They also developed UK HealthCare’s protocols to identify human trafficking survivors across the lifespan.
