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With her active lifestyle now back, Frazier says she truly feels none of this would be possible if Dr. Al-Janabi had not come into her life and put her on the road to recovery.
Last month, Phillip Tibbs, M.D., closed a chapter of his storied career by completing the final of his nearly 20,000 surgeries at UK. During his time at UK, Tibbs was part of three landmark publications that helped establish the standard of care still used today for brain and spinal tumors.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. In 2021, one in six deaths from cardiovascular disease was due to stroke. Kentucky has among the highest rates of stroke-related deaths in the country, with more 2,000 Kentuckians dying from stroke or stroke-related complications each year.
Brittany Smith's headaches took on a different force just shy of her 14th birthday. The first episode started with her face feeling a bit tight in the morning and by the time she got home from school her right eye was swollen and drooping. “We thought maybe it was something with her eye, so we went to the eye doctor. They were unsure what was going on, so we went to our local emergency department,” said her mother Tami. Doctors there thought Brittany was potentially experiencing Bell’s Palsy but suggested she go to the emergency department at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital.
FAST Action, UK Doctors Weld Jessica Moore's Path To Successful Recovery From A Stroke – The Harrodsburg Herald harrodsburgherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harrodsburgherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
At 37 years old, Salvisa resident Jessica Moore is still taken aback as she reflects on what transpired last July. The active mother of three suffered a stroke after waking up that morning "feeling completely normal." Quick action by her husband allowed her to receive the needed care from UK neurologists less than an hour after her symptoms began.
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Jagannadha Avasarala, M.D., Ph.D., neurologist at the UK HealthCare Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, discusses multiple sclerosis in this week's health column.