August 9, 2021

Brian Grawe, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery , and Bret Betz, MD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, both at the University of Cincinnati, spoke with WVXU's Cincinnati Edition about athletes facing injuries because of a lack of physical conditioning because of COVID-19 restrictions. The sports medicine experts also addressed mental health and its role in healthy sports competition.

September 24, 2021

In overweight and obese adults at high cardiovascular risk, once-daily subcutaneous liraglutide plus changes in diet and physical activity reduced visceral fat, a single-center phase 4 placebo-controlled trial showed. Vincent Fong, MD, was interviewed for his reaction to the study by Medscape.

November 9, 2021

Spray on skin, called RECELL, is now approved for both adults and children, sparing them the unnecessary pain of dozens of skin grafts. UC Health says it’s the first in the region to use the technology made by Avita. WVXU published a story on the spray, quoting Julia Slater, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the UC College of Medicine.

November 5, 2021

Verywell Family posted an article featuring experts on whether or not pregnant people should get the COVID-19 booster shot. One of those was Heather Masters, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UC College of Medicine.

November 10, 2021

UC researchers are taking part in a new nearly $2 million, multiyear study that will help develop a new generation of PPE, or personal protective equipment, for health care workers. UC researchers will work with teams from Iowa State University and the University of California-Davis to improve the design, function and safety of PPE, or personal protective equipment, the university said in a release this week. The study is part of a multi-institutional, four-year grant worth $1.8 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Cincinnati Business Courier published a story on the research.

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.

October 29, 2021

In a story produced by Spectrum News, Robert Shapiro, MD, professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UC College of Medicine was quoted on the topic of how helping young people succeed helps build resilient communities.

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.

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.

March 9, 2022

COVID-19 first entered the public consciousness about two years ago. It drew a lot of comparisons to another pandemic just over a hundred years earlier. WVXU interviewed Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine to learn more about how the COVID-19 outbreak compares with the 1918 influenza outbreak.