November 29, 2022
The University of Cincinnati's Alberto Espay was featured in a Financial Times article discussing the new Alzheimer's drug lecanemab.
September 25, 2024
A chemical leak from a train car in Hamilton County led to evacuations. UC experts are sharing what is styrene and offer a look at the health and environmental impacts.
September 24, 2024
The fall season can be a prime time of year for sinus suffering, but Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, FACS, said it doesn't have to be that way. He is a professor of otolaryngology in the UC College of Medicine. He is also director of the division of rhinology, allergy and anterior skull base surgery. Sedaghat is an internationally recognized expert on chronic rhinosinusitis and allergies.
November 12, 2024
Sinus infections strike more than 30 million Americans each year. Uncomfortable symptoms include nasal congestion, facial pressure and headaches. Tooth pain actually could be a sign of a sinus infection, too. Experts explain the connection.
November 12, 2024
Women have a higher risk of heart failure and stroke than men while undergoing dialysis for kidney failure, a study from the University of Cincinnati shows. However, women also have a lower overall risk of dying than men, researchers found.
November 13, 2024
MSN highlighted an editorial written by the University of Cincinnati’s Yasmin Aziz, MD, and Joseph Broderick, MD, published in the journal Neurology analyzing the current use and potential future of alternatives to traditional informed consent in acute stroke trials.
November 13, 2024
For decades, body mass index, or BMI, has been a widely used medical screening tool. But experts from the American Medical Association have pointed out some of the metric’s shortcomings. Now a recent paper published in JAMA Network Open reported that the body roundness index, or BRI, shows promise as a better predictor of mortality in adults.
November 5, 2024
A new chapter in obesity care has emerged. In addition to recently approved medications used for weight management — the GLP-1 receptor agonists — several additional pharmacotherapies are in the works. Yet details on the impact of long-term use are still being uncovered.
April 10, 2024
The University of Cincinnati's Richard Becker commented to MedCentral on a recent study that found people who limit their eating to an 8-hour period each day had a 91% greater risk of cardiovascular death than those who ate during a window of 12 to 16 hours.
April 18, 2024
The University of Cincinnati's Ahmad Sedaghat spoke with WLWT about how Cincinnati's geography tends to make allergy symptoms worse and tips to fight off those symptoms.