June 17, 2013

Pharmacological activation of the receptor for glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in conjunction with adjustable gastric banding (AGB) surgery may improve weight loss outcomes achieved with this procedure when compared to performing AGB alone, say researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Helmholtz Center in Munich, Germany.

June 13, 2013

With his dissertation defense in his rear-view mirror, Xinjian (Kevin) He can finally afford to take some time off to relax. But based on his track record in the Department of Environmental Health, that s not likely to happen.

June 20, 2013

Please join the physicians, nurses and staff of the UC Health Center for Reproductive Health to celebrate the opening of a new space in West Chester.  The open house takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at the UC Health Physicians Office South, 7675 Wellness Way, Suite 315. There will be tours of the space, cocktails and appetizers. RSVP to Rachael Wade at 513-475-8010 or Rachael.Wade@uchealth.com.

June 13, 2013

First-year student William Scott says he has been interested in the field of medicine for quite some time but not particularly the patient care side of things. That's what led him to pursue a Master s of Public Health degree with a concentration in epidemiology. The graduate program is housed in UC s department of environmental health.

June 13, 2013

Workers will be removing floor tile on the east side of the Medical Sciences Building (MSB) in the 300 series hallways on Levels 4, 5, 6 and 7 this weekend to prepare for installation of temporary construction barricades for Phase IV of the MSB Rehabilitation project.

June 13, 2013

For many people with abdominal cancer, the diagnosis comes late when the disease has advanced and traditional surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatments are less effective. The University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Cancer Center offers an innovative approach for advanced abdominal cancers that combines cytoreductive surgery removal of visible tumor with the application of chemotherapy directly to the affected area of the body.

June 17, 2013

In winter 2011, 48-year-old Greg Andrews felt nauseated and progressively ill after eating dinner with a friend. He suspected food poisoning, but his symptoms worsened until he couldn't bear it and called 911. The next day, family members took the sick and disoriented Andrews to the emergency room at University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC). That was the last thing he recalls prior to a three-week coma in the intensive care unit. 

June 27, 2013

The renovation project in the Kettering complex will require a shutdown of all the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) units in the complex except for the LAMS unit from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29. There will not be any temperature control or ventilation air during this period.

June 19, 2013

Robert Cluxton, PharmD, says he never expected to be on faculty at the University of Cincinnati for 39 years, but time flies when you are as active as Cluxton…

June 6, 2013

In the last months of her third year of medical school, student Morgan Brown was named the 2013 recipient of the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Scholarship, providing $20,000 for tuition costs.