December 8, 2006
The Out of the Crossfire Gun Violence Prevention Program and J.C Battle and Sons Funeral Home have teamed up to host the second annual Ancestral Remembrance Celebration on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.
December 13, 2006
The Sunflower Revolution III fundraiser netted $300,000 for Parkinson s research and wellness programs, the Davis Phinney Foundation and the Neuroscience Institute at the University Cincinnati University Hospital announced Tuesday.
December 14, 2006
Affecting 2 to 4 percent of the population, fibromyalgia is seven times more likely to show up in women than in men. There is no blood test for fibromyalgia, and this misunderstood condition is often mistaken for lupus, multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis. So these diseases must be ruled out before fibromyalgia is diagnosed.
December 21, 2006
A drug inspired by a tiny sea snail that stuns its prey with deadly venom is now being used in the Greater Cincinnati area to help people suffering from severe chronic pain.
December 28, 2006
Serious bouts of flu or respiratory infections can lead to heart attack, a top UC cardiologist warns. Inflammation from tissue infection in the respiratory track or mouth may create biochemical changes in the plaque that lines blood vessel walls triggering vascular disease.
January 4, 2007
UC physicians say lumps in the head and neck region could mean more than swollen glands they could be the sign of cancer.
January 4, 2007
Sixteen years after the launch of the United States first and largest legally mandated comprehensive medical monitoring program, UC researchers find that people living near a former uranium processing plant are living longer and enjoying healthier lifestyles compared with the general population.
January 7, 2007
The Electronic Media Technology program at Raymond Walters College is 10 years old, and to celebrate the anniversary, a special photo exhibition is on display at University Galleries on Sycamore.
January 8, 2007
Cincinnati burn researchers have created genetically modified skin cells that, when added to cultured skin substitutes, may help fight off potentially lethal infections in patients with severe burns.
January 8, 2007
The rate of intracerebral (brain) hemorrhages associated with blood-thinning drugs quintupled during the 1990s, and in people over 80 the rate increased more than 10-fold, according to a UC study published in the journal Neurology.