February 4, 2022

More people are taking supplemental melatonin, and at increasingly high doses, according to a research letter recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Researchers point out these findings raise safety concerns since the actual dose of melatonin supplements could be nearly 500 percent higher than the label indicates. In a story published by Healthline, Sarah Gallucci, DO, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine was one of the experts cited reacting to the letter.

January 31, 2022

UC and UC Health have established the Timothy Freeman, MD, Center for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, honoring a long-time assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

February 7, 2022

New research from the University of Oxford finds a new variant of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, that is potentially more infectious and could more seriously affect the immune system. So far, 109 people, most of whom live in the Netherlands, have the variant. In a story published by Healthline, Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was one of the experts cited reacting to this new variant.

February 7, 2022

Voice of America featured the University of Cincinnati's Dr. Maria Espinola in an article looking at how coffee shops could potentially become a hub for social and political interactions, a role that churches traditionally have played.

February 8, 2022

Tobacco smoke remains on the hands of children, even those in non-smoking households.

March 14, 2022

A Congressional committee heard testimony this week on the pros and cons of switching between standard and daylight saving time. Many people say they like having the extra hour of daylight, but sleep professionals say it's a bad idea. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is continuing the push to abolish daylight saving time. Research shows most people get an hour less sleep on daylight saving time. That has a host of health and safety implications. In a story posted by WVXU, Ann Romaker, MD, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and director of the Sleep Medicine Center at UC Medical Center, said the time change creates the potential for a variety of health problems.

August 26, 2021

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and UC Health have administered a first-of-its-kind potential COVID-19 therapy. The first dosing was administered to a patient at UC Medical Center in Cincinnati on Aug. 17.

August 27, 2021

The school year rapidly approaches amid a surge in pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations, and parents desperately want to know: When can young children get the vaccine? UC's Carl Fichtenbaum weighs in.

September 2, 2021

University of Cincinnati researcher Dr. Daniel Woo led a study looking at risk factors that caused disparities among racial/ethnic groups suffering from ICH strokes. The study found high blood pressure and a lack of health insurance significantly contribute to higher rates of ICH in Black and Hispanic patients.

September 8, 2021

UC's Hilja R. Ruegg, MD, medical director of Integrated Mental Health Care and program director in the UC Family Medicine/Psychiatry Combined Training Program, spoke with Fox 19's Trevor Peters about the grassroots campaign of area physician moms encouraging schools to require universal masking.