July 24, 2006
Preliminary results of a study led by UC scientists suggest that reducing corticosteroid treatment in kidney transplant patients significantly lowers the toxic side effects of anti-rejection drugs without affecting survival rates.
July 25, 2006
The Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cincinnati and University Hospital is one of 45 sites participating in a multi-center, observational research study of individuals who belong to families with Huntington's disease.
July 25, 2006
Women who suffer from painful, heavy menstrual cycles due to uterine fibroids have a new, noninvasive treatment option that allows them to avoid the operating room completely.
July 27, 2006
New research from UC shows that dark-skinned people commonly thought to be immune to most skin cancers are more likely than whites to die from skin cancer and its related complications.
July 27, 2006
UC researchers say skin cancer in dark-skinned people is rare but often diagnosed in its later stages, which leads to disproportionately more deaths among minority populations.
July 28, 2006
Dorothy Air, PhD, associate senior vice president for entrepreneurial affairs at UC, has been elected to the board of the Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC).
July 31, 2006
The first in the United States to have graduate programs that emphasize cosmetic science, the UC College of Pharmacy is now offering what is believed to be the first distance-learning degree program in this specialty.
August 1, 2006
Just about everything you do in your daily life whether it s walking, driving a car or brushing your teeth requires balance. For most people balance is so instinctive they don t think about it.
August 3, 2006
UC Academic Health Center has ended its enrollment of patients in a national blood substitute trial, which was being conducted in collaboration with University Hospital s emergency department.
August 6, 2006
At the White Coat Ceremony, first-year students are presented their white coats and must recite their "Oath of Commitment." The students are thus reminded of the responsibilities they accepted when they committed to the pursuit of the practice of medicine.