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Local 12: Researchers discover AI helps provide better data in the study of the heart

July 27, 2023

A new study showed that artificial intelligence (AI) could help collect more information through smartwatches, and it could even help reduce a person's odds of a heart-related event. The new study found that people who use wearable devices, such as an Apple Watch, can get much better heart data with the help of AI. Local 12 produced a story on the study, interviewing Richard Becker, MD, of the Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease at the UC College of Medicine who is conducting research on how wearables could help could help prevent strokes.

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Broadcast Retirement Network: How wearables and AI can help treat heart ailments

August 14, 2023

Technology in wearables is improving to the point where they can play a major role in patient care. Broadcast Retirement Network (BRN) aired a segment on how predictive modeling through the use of artificial intelligence may help prevent major heart events. Richard Becker, MD, of the Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease in the UC College of Medicine, has done research in this area and provided his expertise to BRN.

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WCPO: True signs of spring pollenating as allergy season in Cincinnati returns

March 9, 2023

Warm temperatures earlier than normal in the Cincinnati region are triggering an early spring, and also triggering an early start to spring allergy season. WCPO-TV interviewed Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, the Director of the Division of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery/Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at the UC College of Medicine.

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Action News 5: PEP Buddy helps people breathe easier

May 5, 2023

A hands-free device developed by researchers at the University of Cincinnati could help the 12.5 million Americans who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease breathe easier, Action News 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, reported.

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WVXU: After decades of efforts, researchers hope they're closer to a functional cure for HIV

February 2, 2023

It has been more than 40 years since five patients in California developed symptoms of a mysterious disease. The virus that causes AIDS was identified a few years later, and a blood test for HIV became available in 1985. In the 1980s and early 1990s, contracting HIV was practically a death sentence. Nothing seemed to stop the virus from attacking a patient’s immune system and progressing into AIDS. And while there are now treatments that can render the virus undetectable in a patient’s bloodstream, a cure for HIV has been elusive. WVXU's Cincinnati Edition explored the history of AIDS and the latest on treatments, with one of the featured experts being Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

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Spectrum News: FDA proposes annual COVID boosters

January 25, 2023

The FDA is recommending an annual COVID-19 booster shot for most adults and children. Spectrum News interviewed Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine to get his reaction to this recommendation.