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KU Cancer Center researchers discover that people with blood-related cancers have a higher chance of COVID breakthrough infections
Individuals with blood-related cancers are more likely to experience a COVID-19 infection even after being vaccinated, a University of Kansas Cancer Center study has found.
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KU School of Health Professions faculty member recruits ‘celebrity’ swimmers for swim-a-thon benefitting Sensory Enhanced Aquatics program
KU School of Health Professions faculty member Lisa Mische Lawson, Ph.D., professor of occupational therapy and director of the Sensory Enhanced Aquatics program at the University of Kansas Medical Center, has taken a unique approach to raising money for a program in the Department of Occupational Therapy that teaches water safety to individuals with autism.
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Medical students open food pantry for patients in JayDoc clinic
Thanks to students in the University of Kansas School of Medicine, patients of the JayDoc Free Clinic on Tuesday nights now have access to an in-clinic food pantry.
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KU nutrition researcher finds a diet high in ‘good’ fats better for head and neck cancer patients
Nutritionists have long encouraged people to eat more unsaturated fats for better overall health.
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Cyclist raising funds for kidney disease visits KU Medical Center Kidney Institute
More than halfway through his summer journey of 5,300+ miles across the United States, bicyclist Glenn Frommer caught his breath in Kansas City, Kansas, and met some of the researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center working to cure his kidney disease.
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KU Medical Center researchers create first personalized AI method to predict acute kidney injury in hospital patients, results published in JAMA Network Open
Every year, one in five adults admitted to U.S. hospitals develop acute kidney injury (AKI), a serious condition in which the kidneys lose their ability to filter waste products from the blood.
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The University of Kansas Cancer Center earns National Cancer Institute’s most prestigious status—Comprehensive
The University of Kansas Cancer Center has been designated as a “Comprehensive” cancer center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).