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Cincinnati researchers want to know if MRIs can work better

June 28, 2024

WVXU and the Cincinnati Business Courier highlighted a new collaboration between the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, UC Health GE HealthCare, JobsOhio, REDI Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s to create an MRI Research and Development Center of Excellence located on UC’s medical campus.

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Healthline: People are taking high doses of melatonin to sleep: Why experts are concerned

February 4, 2022

More people are taking supplemental melatonin, and at increasingly high doses, according to a research letter recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Researchers point out these findings raise safety concerns since the actual dose of melatonin supplements could be nearly 500 percent higher than the label indicates. In a story published by Healthline, Sarah Gallucci, DO, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine was one of the experts cited reacting to the letter.

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Cincinnati.com: Sore throat. Sneezing. Coughing. Is it allergies or COVID-19? We asked the experts

July 27, 2022

The latest COVID-19 subvariants have pushed hospitalizations and cases in Greater Cincinnati high enough that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week recommended indoor masking in eight local counties. Many people are experiencing symptoms including scratchy sore throat, runny nose, a cough and a headache, raising the question of whether the symptoms are from COVID or allergies. Cincinnati.com asked some local experts to weigh in, including Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

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Scientific American: Is it COVID-19 or is it allergies?

May 11, 2022

Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, associate professor and director of the Division of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery in the UC College of Medicine was interviewed for a story published by Scientific American on the differences between allergies and COVID-19.

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Local 12: National HIV Testing Day is Monday, June 27

June 27, 2022

Monday, June 27 is National HIV Testing Day and Local 12 interviewed Carl FIchtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine about a report showing a decrease in new HIV cases during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WVXU: As our area sees its first cases of monkeypox, experts share what you should know

August 5, 2022

The Biden administration has declared the growing monkeypox outbreak a national health emergency, a rare designation signaling that the virus now represents a significant risk to Americans and setting in motion new measures aimed at containing the threat. Cases of the virus have been confirmed in Greater Cincinnati. WVXU interviewed Jennifer Forrester, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine to learn more about how it spreads and how contagious it is.