March 21, 2006

D.A. Henderson, the director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Public Health Preparedness, will deliver a pair of lectures at UC on March 24. He will discuss "New Infectious Disease Challenges for the 21st Century" as part of the Malcolm Adcock Memorial Lecture Series at the Kingsgate Marriott at 4 p.m. Prior to that, he will also be addressing concerns about a recurrence of smallpox in a talk at noon in Room 7051 of the Medical Sciences Building.

March 22, 2006

UC colorectal health experts say that millions of people live with the partial or complete loss of bowel movement control because they are too embarrassed to seek help.

March 22, 2006

The College of Nursing is helping people who are aging or chronically ill, as well as their families, answer these and other questions through its Center for Aging with Dignity, which is kicking off a free aging and care workshop series in April.

March 22, 2006

Physicians at UC are opening a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging center that gives virtually any patient including bulky athletes and the obese comfortable access to quality body imaging.

March 24, 2006

Daniel Acosta, PhD, dean for the UC College of Pharmacy, will receive the 2006 Award in Excellence of Pharmacology/Toxicology from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation.

March 26, 2006

Besides recognizing National Women s History Month, UC also celebrates its present and future women. Meet Maria Bolten.

March 27, 2006

Discovery of the mechanism of a drug being tested for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has revealed that it s not only more effective than first thought, but might also help in the management of other autoimmune diseases, organ transplant rejection and even cancer.

March 27, 2006

Tristate cancer survivors meet for their annual cruise on the Ohio River on Sunday, June 4, from noon until 4 p.m.

March 29, 2006

The first thing Shuk-mei Ho, PhD, did when she arrived at UC was knock down a few walls--literally.

March 30, 2006

UC surgeons have developed a new, minimally invasive method for repairing a common and deadly form of aortic injury an advance that could help reduce the number of deaths caused by auto accidents and major falls.