March 29, 2021
Jonathan Bernstein, MD, University of Cincinnati allergies, speaks with Reuters Health about a new study suggesting hormone replacement therapy increasing the risk of severe asthma in asthmatic women.
May 4, 2020
Dr. Carl Fichtenbaum of the UC Division of Infectious Diseases was interviewed by Health.com for a story on how cytokine storms impact the immune systems of COVID-19 patients.
July 4, 2020
UC digestive diseases expert Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD, discusses study showing COVID-19 patients in China shown mildly elevated liver enzyme levels.
August 26, 2020
Jennifer Forrester, MD, associate professor of infectious diseases in the UC College of Medicine and UC Health physician, told WLWT that she appreciates the attention flu vaccines are suddenly getting from area residents. “There is nothing particularly wrong or harmful in getting the flu vaccine now versus waiting,” Forrester told WLWT.
September 14, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, was interviewed by CNN for a story they published about a delay in the Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial.
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.
November 4, 2020
A University of Cincinnati researcher is recommending pediatric hospital emergency room consider screening for sexually transmitted infections, teenage and young patients who visit for other acute care issues. Findings by Dr. Mark Eckman, professor and director of the UC Division of General Internal Medicine, appear in the Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics.
November 16, 2020
Yashu Dhamija, MD, presented a case study of a patient treated for contact dermatitis after a facial mask with elastics required him to seek hospital treatment. Dhamija, a first-year fellow at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, discussed his findings during this year’s virtual American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Scientific meeting. Medica Magazine reported the finding and so did other media.