UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center

12/26/2025

Joyous Kwanzaa, Louisville! We wish everyone who celebrates a safe and happy holiday.

12/25/2025

🎅🎄 Merry Christmas from all of us at UofL Health! We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday.

12/23/2025

🎄🎁 Do you still have gifts to wrap? If you're planning a present-wrapping marathon, here are some simple exercises to warm up your body, protect your joints and make the whole experience a little more comfortable. 🙆

Wrapping presents looks harmless until you’ve been hunched over the floor for an hour, wrestling with paper, tape and ribbons. Suddenly, your neck feels stiff, your shoulders ache and your hands are cramping. A little preparation can go a long way.

12/23/2025

⚖️ 🎄 Seek balance, not perfection, in your health goals during the chaotic holiday week ahead. Give yourself grace. You won't have a perfect week or month in any aspect of your life, and that’s okay. Find small victories and take pride in them.

It’s dubbed the most wonderful time of the year, but the holiday season can be pure chaos. There is nothing that can derail our weight loss goals more than a holiday that truly lasts an entire month.

12/21/2025

🫀🫁 Your blood oxygen level shows how well your lungs and heart are working and helps your care team guide treatment. Learn more about what that number means ⤵️

12/20/2025

The holiday season is the prime time for flu—it thrives and transmits easily in closed spaces like holiday gatherings. Jordan Morgan, APRN, talks about why it's important to get your flu shot and what to do if you come down with the flu.

Are there differences between Flu A and Flu B? ▶️ ULHealth.co/4apDhs1

12/18/2025

Thanks to Bluegrass Middle School students from Elizabethtown for donating care packages, blankets and books to the UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center Resource Center. The students raised items from their community for "Coleman's Mission" in honor of Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman, who underwent a preventative mastectomy in December 2023. This is the third year the middle school has collected donations for our patients.

12/18/2025

The holidays can be especially challenging for those coping with depression or navigating the pain of loss.

Lisa Prewitt, Director of Behavioral Health Outreach for Peace Hospital, explains what signs can indicate someone is struggling with a loss. 🔗 ULHealth.co/3XNrrAA

12/17/2025

It was another busy year for UofL Health in 2025. From completing construction projects to great stories featuring our patients and community, take a look back at 10 of our favorite moments from throughout the organization.

Read more ▶️ ULHealth.co/3MjmP2H

12/16/2025

Holiday gatherings can cause some people to experience social anxiety. If you are experiencing social anxiety, the following tips and tricks might help. ⤵️

There are several types of events that you may experience in life including, but not limited to, sporting events, concerts, holiday gatherings, etc. Many of these events have large crowds that can cause some people to experience social anxiety. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, p...

12/14/2025

🕎 Happy Hanukkah from UofL Health! The eight-day festival of lights begins at nightfall Sunday and ends at nightfall on Dec. 22.

12/14/2025

🥶 It's cold outside today. Exposed skin in cold, windy weather is most vulnerable to frostbite. Learn more about the signs and symptoms of frostbite ⤵️

Frostbite is an injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. Frostbite is most common on the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin. Frostbite requires medical attention because it can damage skin, tissues, muscle and bones.