March 26, 2021
Katie Phillips, MD, an associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, discusses spring's arrival with allergies in tow. Pollenating trees in the Tristate are making some resident miserable with itchy eyes, runny noses and congestion.
February 26, 2024
According to the National Institutes for Health, chronic sinusitis, also known as chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), affects approximately 14.6% of the United States population and is currently the fifth most common condition treated with antibiotics, accounting for up to 22 million physician visits and costing as much as $5 billion annually. New research from the University of Cincinnati examines the incidence of people suffering from allergy symptoms who actually have CRS, a finding that could impact how those symptoms are treated. The research was published in the journal Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
September 15, 2022
HealthDay highlighted recent University of Cincinnati research that found administering immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before surgery for oral cavity cancer did not increase rates of complication during and after surgery.
June 14, 2024
The University of Cincinnati's Daniel Sun was featured in a WLWT story about a local choir teacher with synesthesia, a condition where two senses overlap in the brain.
July 17, 2023
First for Women published a story examining sinus infections and whether or not they are contagious. One of the experts cited was Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, associate professor and director of the Division of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery in the UC College of Medicine and a UC Health physician.
October 4, 2023
The University of Cincinnati's Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, and Michael Hegener, PharmD, joined WVXU's Cincinnati Edition to discuss the recent FDA announcement that an ingredient found in many over-the-counter cold medicine oral tablets does not help relieve congestion.
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.
August 4, 2021
UC researchers launched a new study looking treating a common brain problem that results after therapy for cancer.
January 11, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine providers across Ohio will soon get better guidance about the next steps for getting shots into arms. Brett Kissela, MD, spoke to WLWT-TV, Channel 5 and said the benefits of the vaccine outweigh any potential side effects.
December 21, 2020
New UC research shows a dangerous trend in lung cancer caused by the pandemic.