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WVXU: Is it time to stop 'falling back?' Sleep experts say yes

November 6, 2023

The semi-annual changing of clocks by an hour in the spring in fall has detrimental health impacts and some experts say it's time for that practice to be put to bed. Ann Romaker, MD, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the UC College of Medicine, spoke to WVXU on the topic.

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USA Today: Have you caught a cold? Here's how long you will be contagious.

November 13, 2023

With the arrival of fall and colder temperatures, we are seeing the arrival of the cold and flu season. Cincinnati.com posted a story focusing on colds and how long people with colds are contagious. They interviewed Katherine Schmidt, MD, of the UC College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.

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Inflammation, not symptoms, found to disrupt sleep in IBD patients

July 9, 2025

Impaired sleep architecture in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is primarily driven by inflammatory activity rather than symptomatic flares as previously thought, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Sleep architecture is the structural organization of a normal sleep cycle, encompassing the progression and distribution of different stages of sleep throughout a typical night’s rest.

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The Body: Black women should get to decide whether PrEP is an option

March 24, 2021

Jaasiel Chapman of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was widely quoted in an article on the reluctance of black women to take pre-exposure prophylaxis, also known as PrEP, the preventative medication used to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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Yahoo News: Five Black UC faculty members receive National Institutes of Health grants

September 8, 2020

Five African-American researchers and healthcare professionals on UC’s medical campus have received sizable grants from the National Institutes of Health during the past 18 months. The faculty members were interviewed by WCPO to help showcase innovation and the diverse voices and perspectives they bring as the healthcare community attempts to ease health disparities in communities of color in Cincinnati and beyond.

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Consumer Affairs: Exposure to air pollution may increase COVID-19 severity

April 15, 2021

Consumers Affairs reported the findings of a University of Cincinnati study that looked at the relationship between air pollution and the severity of COVID-19 infections in patients who had preexisting respiratory disease. Angelico Mendy, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the UC College of Medicine, was lead author of the study.