Greg Davis

What do you do when you witness someone struggling with suicidal thoughts or when someone tells you they intend to harm themselves? The University of Kentucky offers an online program called QPR to equip you with the right answers and actions. Think of it as a CPR program for mental health crises. D…

The University of Kentucky is a site for the groundbreaking AHEAD study, the first-ever clinical trial to test the effect of a promising drug known as lecanemab. Just a few weeks ago the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) via the Accelerated Approval pathway for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. This represents an important advancement in the ongoing fight to effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease, and UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is on the forefront of…

The incidence of spinal cord injury is over 17,000 new cases per year in the United States. The University of Kentucky is home to the Spinal Cord Injury and Research Center which helps develop new treatment methods for those who experience such trauma. This week Dr. Greg talks with acting director John Gensel about the center and his takeaways from a national conference he recently attended on the issue.

The COVID-19 public health emergency may be officially over, but COVID has not completely disappeared from concern. In fact, Lexington hospitals are seeing an increase in COVID patients this summer. With a new COVID vaccine coming this fall, the UK Pharmacist Care Clinic’s Jim Hallahan, Pharm.D., and Ryan Babb, Pharm.D., answer some questions you may have. Dr. Greg talks one on one with Hallahan.

Flu, RSV and COVID: What are the chances that the healthcare system will be overwhelmed by cases of all three this fall and winter? Dr. Greg talks with Vaneet Arora, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UK HealthCare.

The University of Kentucky announced in September that the Markey Cancer Center has earned a National Cancer Institute \“Comprehensive\” Cancer Center designation, the highest level of recognition awarded by the NCI. Markey is the first and only center in Kentucky to achieve this designation, and the next-closest Comprehensive Cancer Center is nearly 200 miles from Lexington. There are currently only 72 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers in the country, and 56 of those are Comprehensive Cancer Center…

University of Kentucky Human Resources Elder Care, in partnership with the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is hosting several events for Dementia Caregivers Week, Nov. 7-10. The theme for the week is “Embracing the Dementia Caregivers Journey.” On Wednesday, Nov. 8, the Elder Care lunch and learn session will feature former Wisconsin Gov. Marty Schreiber, who will discuss his book \“My Two Elaines.\” Schreiber provided care for his wife, Elaine, who lived with Alzheimer’s disease for nearly 20…

Our illustrious host Dr. Greg Davis is taking a few weeks off and we’re continuing our theme of New Year New You segments. If one of your resolutions is to handle stress better in 2024, we offer this interview Dr. Greg did with Jackie Carroll – health coach for UK Health & Wellness about acute and chronic stress reduction.

National Stop the Bleed Day is May 23. The goal of this day is to better prepare the public to save lives by raising awareness of basic actions to stop life-threatening bleeding following everyday emergencies and man-made and natural disasters. Dr. Greg talks with UK HealthCare Trauma Coordinator Amie Peel.

This week on Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine Dr. Pete Nelson with UK’s Sanders Brown Center on Aging talks about this rare form of dementia