Southwest Ohio Parent: Seven health screenings every woman should have
April 8, 2022
Southwest Ohio Parent featured the University of Cincinnati's Louito Edje in an article about seven health screenings every woman should have.
April 8, 2022
Southwest Ohio Parent featured the University of Cincinnati's Louito Edje in an article about seven health screenings every woman should have.
March 31, 2022
Research from UC shows renewed hope in reducing hospitalizations from COVID-19 through the use of convalescent plasma when given early in the disease course. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
February 7, 2022
New research from the University of Oxford finds a new variant of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, that is potentially more infectious and could more seriously affect the immune system. So far, 109 people, most of whom live in the Netherlands, have the variant. In a story published by Healthline, Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was one of the experts cited reacting to this new variant.
March 14, 2022
A Congressional committee heard testimony this week on the pros and cons of switching between standard and daylight saving time. Many people say they like having the extra hour of daylight, but sleep professionals say it's a bad idea. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is continuing the push to abolish daylight saving time. Research shows most people get an hour less sleep on daylight saving time. That has a host of health and safety implications. In a story posted by WVXU, Ann Romaker, MD, of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and director of the Sleep Medicine Center at UC Medical Center, said the time change creates the potential for a variety of health problems.
August 26, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and UC Health have administered a first-of-its-kind potential COVID-19 therapy. The first dosing was administered to a patient at UC Medical Center in Cincinnati on Aug. 17.
August 27, 2021
The school year rapidly approaches amid a surge in pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations, and parents desperately want to know: When can young children get the vaccine? UC's Carl Fichtenbaum weighs in.
November 19, 2021
In a story for Reuters Health published by Medscape, it was reported that Type 2 diabetes subtypes have partially distinct genetic backgrounds, suggesting etiological differences that may one day be targeted for treatment. That was the conclusion of genome-wide association analyses. Shailendra Patel, MD, PhD, professor and director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine provided reaction to the study.
November 3, 2021
UC is part of a multi-institutional grant of nearly $2 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve the design, function and safety of personal protective equipment. UC researchers will work with teams from Iowa State University and the University of California-Davis on this four-year grant. One of the goals is to develop self-decontaminating PPE featuring high-protection efficiency
November 29, 2021
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the World Health Organization gave the name omicron to the newest identified version of SARS-CoV-2 and called it a variant of concern. There is still much to be learned about this latest variant and how potentially dangerous it is. In a story on the variant, Cincinnati.com interview Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.
December 3, 2021
The Atlanta Journal Constitution published a story on research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine possibly adding a weapon to hospitals’ bacteria fighting arsenal.Using the topical drug called AB569 — a combination of acidified nitrite and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid — promotes killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria while enhancing the healing of wounds in a variety of burn injuries, the study found. The study was published in the journal Infection and Immunity.