September 24, 2021
In overweight and obese adults at high cardiovascular risk, once-daily subcutaneous liraglutide plus changes in diet and physical activity reduced visceral fat, a single-center phase 4 placebo-controlled trial showed. Vincent Fong, MD, was interviewed for his reaction to the study by Medscape.
March 9, 2022
COVID-19 first entered the public consciousness about two years ago. It drew a lot of comparisons to another pandemic just over a hundred years earlier. WVXU interviewed Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine to learn more about how the COVID-19 outbreak compares with the 1918 influenza outbreak.
February 22, 2022
Health experts in the United States are monitoring an increase in cases of bird flu in several states, including Indiana, Kentucky and Virginia. In January, the United States Department of Agriculture detected the first U.S. bird flu case after a hunted wild bird tested positive for the virus in Colleton County, South Carolina. Experts reported that it was the H5N1 strain, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) — the same strain responsible for fatal poultry outbreaks across Europe and Asia in late 2021. In a story on the increase in bird flu published by Healthline, Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was one of the experts cited.
July 9, 2024
The University of Cincinnati's Charles Hattemer spoke with the New York Times about how stress can trigger chronic diseases.
July 29, 2024
MedPage Today highlighted research presented by the University of Cincinnati's Carl Fichtenbaum at the International AIDS Conference that found people with HIV who took the antiretroviral drug abacavir (Ziagen) had an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events.
August 30, 2024
Mosquitoes can transmit pathogens that cause diseases, including West Nile virus and, in very rare cases, a disease known as Eastern equine encephalitis, or E.E.E. A UC expert spoke to the New York Times about simple precautions to keep mosquitoes away.
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.
August 27, 2024
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, vice chair for clinical research in internal medicine in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a renowned infectious disease expert, recently appeared on Cincinnati Edition on WVXU radio to talk about a potential HIV vaccine.
October 8, 2024
Women on dialysis can become pregnant, and women with a kidney transplant can safely breastfeed. Silvi Shah, MD, associate professor in the nephrology and hypertension division of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, addressed common misconceptions for Healio.
November 7, 2022
Ann Romaker, MD, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in the UC College of Medicine was interviewed by Fox19 about the end of daylight saving time this past weekend.