March 22, 2010
A new clinical trial at the University of Cincinnati and UC Health University Hospital may help doctors determine the best way to prevent blood clotting in patients with coronary artery disease who receive drug-coated stents.
March 11, 2010
For people trying to get in their recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables, prepackaged green salads are an easy way to start a meal. But there s growing concern that these convenient items aren t as ready to eat as advertised.
March 1, 2010
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is celebrating its sixth year as host to the Hutton Lectureship in Ethics. This year s event takes place from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at Kresge Auditorium and features esteemed speaker Art Leonard Caplan, PhD.
March 25, 2010
While it s a given that expired prescriptions should be disposed of time can degrade the compounds, making medicines lose their potency or become totally ineffective proper disposal of prescription drugs is gaining attention as reports by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicate that pharmaceuticals have crept into water sources that support fish and wildlife.
March 22, 2010
The UC Neuroscience Institute s Functional Neuroscience Center, a center devoted to people who have diseases and disorders related to hearing, swallowing, voice, taste and smell, was recently designated one of a select number of national Auditory Brainstem Centers by Cochlear Corporation.
March 17, 2010
A technology developed by two UC professors is the impetus behind the new company OsteoDynamics, Inc.
March 2, 2010
Chiou-Fen Chuang, PhD, has been awarded a 2010 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to fund continuing neurodevelopment research.
March 1, 2010
Representatives from the University of Cincinnati, Jewish Health System, Inc. and Fort Hamilton Hospital and Healthcare Corporation announced today that they have signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) resolving their respective interests in the Health Alliance.
March 4, 2010
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that it is cost-effective to do CT scan screening of non-smoking women, ages 25-54, who come to the emergency room for the first time with a collapsed lung in order to diagnose and treat those with lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM.
March 26, 2010
Identification of two new proteins in the Fanconi anemia DNA repair pathway may help explain genetic instability in people with Fanconi anemia and how otherwise healthy people are susceptible to cancer from environmentally triggered DNA damage.