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Answering the call for LGBTQ health equity

September 1, 2016

At least once a day, the University of Louisville LGBT Center receives a call from a person asking for the name of an LGBTQ-friendly physician.

School of Nursing research shows presence of children at home did not motivate parents to test for radon, secondhand smoke

August 26, 2016

A University of Louisville School of Nursing researcher has found that the presence of children in the home did not motivate parents to test and mitigate for radon and secondhand tobacco smoke, both of which cause lung cancer.

Nursing student, assistant professor provide care in Tanzania

August 15, 2016

Caring for patients at a government-run hospital in Tanzania forced nursing student Lexi Delaney to think critically with scarce resources.