August 4, 2020

Katherine Auger, MD, Cincinnati Children’s physician and UC associate professor of pediatrics, and Samir Shah, MD, Cincinnati Children’s physician and UC professor of pediatrics, are authors of a new COVID-19 study in the Journal of American Medical Association,. It found that closing schools across most of the U.S. in March, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, likely reduced infections by 1 million and saved more than 40,000 people from dying due to the virus.

October 2, 2020

A research center devoted to the science of addiction and determined to make a national impact has launched at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

October 19, 2020

Vincent Martin, MD, professor and director of the Headache and Facial Pain Center at the University of Cincinnati, says research indicates weather changes are a primary cause of migraine. He spoke with Ivanhoe Broadcast for a segment about the arrival of fall and unfortunately migraine for some.

October 15, 2020

Sian Cotton, PhD, director of the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, and UC family medicine professor, spoke with Fox 19 about using mindfulness techniques to cope in the midst of a stressful COVID-19 impacted world. Cotton explains how a mindfulness practice can help increase our focus and reduce our ability to not waste time. To be focused in the moment allows us to attend to the task at hand and get the job done with time to enjoy life, explains Cotton.

October 13, 2020

The American Medical Association interviewed Louito Edje, MD, associate dean of graduate medical education and designated institutional official at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, about the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and Edje’s decision to take part in a clinical trial. Too few of the people participating are Black, but it’s not surprising given the long-running difficulty that clinical trials have encountered in recruiting Black research subjects given high levels of historical mistrust.

October 12, 2020

In one of the first studies of its kind, a University of Cincinnati researcher is using a grant from the Ohio attorney general’s office to research the pharmacogenomics of opioid addiction. The grant was awarded to Caroline Freiermuth, MD, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UC College of Medicine, the principal investigator for the study. The initial year will be supported with $1.63 million from the attorney general’s office, secured through money collected from pharmaceutical companies involved in opioid lawsuits.

October 12, 2020

Angelo Colosimo, MD, an associate professor in the UC College of Medicine and a UC Health orthopedic surgeon, discussed the benefits of regular workouts with weights and flexibility exercises no matter how old you are. He spoke to the Cincinnati Enquirer for an article that remembered U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg but also touted the benefits of strength training.

October 13, 2020

Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was interviewed for a story published by Good Housekeeping on ways we can all help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

October 10, 2020

The Cincinnati Enquirer spoke with Dr. Shailendra Patel, a professor and director of the UC Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and UC Health physician, about a US Food and Drug Administration recall of an anti-diabetes medication. He offered a message for patients who use metformin: do not quite the drug cold turkey.

October 13, 2020

When Dr. Beth Shaughnessy, a UC professor and UC Health cancer surgeon, found out that she had cancer, she used it as an opportunity to share her path towards recovery and shed some light for others who might find themselves in the same situation.