August 7, 2006
Shuk-mei Ho, PhD, chair of the UC's environmental health department, has been appointed to the technical planning committee for the 2007 research conference of the U.S. Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP).
August 7, 2006
UC surgeon recently performed what is believed to be the world s first pediatric laparoscopic liver surgery, a specialized procedure for removing cancerous liver tumors without the need for a major incision.
August 7, 2006
UC surgeon recently performed what is believed to be the world's first pediatric laparoscopic liver surgery, a specialized procedure for removing cancerous liver tumors without the need for a major incision.
August 8, 2006
Chigger, flea, tick and mosquito bites are not merely an irritating nuisance they can be dangerous. Scratching that annoying itch can create a sore that can become infected. July, August and September are prime time for these critters to feed on humans.
August 8, 2006
Hoxworth Blood Center at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center has issued an emergency appeal for donors with all blood types.
August 9, 2006
Scientists at UC are testing a new, once-a-day gel that may halt the development of cervical cancer in certain women and destroy the virus believed to cause the disease.
August 15, 2006
Researchers from the UC and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center have found that young women with asthma are twice as likely to have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea a condition that often goes undetected in women compared with those who do not have asthma.
August 15, 2006
University of Cincinnati (UC) breast cancer experts counsel that paying attention to even minor changes breast appearance could save your life if you get a rare form of the disease known as inflammatory breast cancer. Unlike most other forms of breast cancer, they say, this disease is undetectable on a mammogram and doesn t start as a lump.
August 22, 2006
Men who ve chosen the most permanent form of birth control vasectomy and now want to have children should consider surgical reversal before they pursue artificial conception methods, according to a UC urologist.
August 22, 2006
Men who've chosen the most permanent form of birth control—vasectomy—and now want to have children should consider surgical reversal before they pursue artificial conception methods, according to a UC urologist.