May 27, 2010
With all the messages about the importance of regular exercise, few pointers are given on when not to continue with your regimen. But it's just as important to know when to alter or stop your workout because of illness or injury.
May 11, 2010
UC Libraries have received a $314,258 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize the correspondence and photographs of Albert B. Sabin, developer of the oral, live-virus polio vaccine and distinguished service professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Children's Hospital Research Foundation from 1939-1969.
May 13, 2010
A pilot research project at the University of Cincinnati is investigating excessive worrying which interferes with daily functioning, also known as generalized anxiety disorder, in adolescents ages 12-17.
May 20, 2010
Joseph Broderick, MD, professor and chairman of UC s neurology department, and Patrick Tso, PhD, professor and director of UC s Lipid Biology Group, will receive Daniel Drake Medals the college s most prestigious award given to distinguished living faculty and alumni Saturday, May 22, during a dinner at the Queen City Club.
May 20, 2010
Recently, there has been an increase in fitness shoes and sandals that promise simply by wearing them to sculpt and mold problem areas. But UC Health physicians say the promises may be a little steep.
May 1, 2010
As many as two of three breastfeeding mothers in Cincinnati may have insufficient blood levels of Vitamin D, a concern that also affects three out of four one-month-old infants whose mothers breastfeed, according to a new Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center study.
May 1, 2010
Children with ADHD who carry a specific type of dopamine receptor gene respond better to the drug methylphenidate (MPH) than those without the genotype, according to new research from Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center.
May 13, 2010
A new clinical trial at UC Health University Hospital is looking at how cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) may help individuals with advanced heart failure who may not have been previously eligible for the treatment.
May 3, 2010
Bloodstream infections associated with catheters can be significantly reduced through quality improvement efforts, possibly leading to better health outcomes and lives saved, decreased stays at the hospital and related costs, according to a new study.
May 20, 2010
Two University of Cincinnati scientists have been awarded a total of $1.44 million in grant funding from the American Cancer Society to further their study of the causes and treatment of cancer.