February 28, 2024

What if you'd been treated for years for a condition, only to find out that you'd long ago been misdiagnosed? That's what's happening to a sizable number of Americans who are taking allergy meds (to little effect) when in fact they have chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), a new UC study contends. US News and World Report published a report on the research, interviewing the lead author Ahmad Sedaghat of the UC College of Medicine.

June 21, 2024

The University of Cincinnati's Steven Gordon was featured in a Prevention article discussing the science behind earworms, when a song gets stuck in your head and you can't get it out.

March 8, 2021

Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, associate professor in the University of Cincinnati Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, spoke with WVXU about COVID-19's impact on the sense of taste and smell. His discussion comes as the one-year anniversary of large scale quarantine orders being issues across the nation in the wake of the pandemic.

December 16, 2020

Ahmad R. Sedaghat, MD, PhD, director of the division of rhinology, allergy, and anterior skull base surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, told ENT Today that because COVID-19 is a viral infection, patients may experience more severe body aches, lethargy, and fatigue compared to a bacterial sinus infection.

July 20, 2020

Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, associate professor in the UC College of Medicine and UC Health physician, spoke with journalist Terry DeMio about a correlation between the loss of smell and taste and depression in COVID-19 patients.

July 12, 2021

Katie Phillips, MD, assistant professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in UC College of Medicine, spoke to the online publication, Health, about the practice of inserting garlic into the nostrils to clear sinus congestion.

February 11, 2021

Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, is quoted in the online nutrition publication, Eat This, Not That, about the signs an individual is likely to be infected with COVID-19. Among various symptoms is the loss of a sense of smell. Dr. Sedaghat authored a study of COVID-19 patients which reported at least 61 percent experienced a loss or reduced sense of smell.

September 15, 2020

Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health physician, discusses seasonal allergies with local TV stations Fox 19 and WCPO.

August 21, 2020

Ahmad Sedaghat, director of rhinology, allergy and anterior skull base surgery at the University of Cincinnati, discusses COVID-19 attack on the central nervous system with NPR affiliate in Cincinnati WVXU. Sedaghat, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine, sees patients at UC Health where he specializes in diseases of the nose and sinuses.

June 19, 2021

Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, director of the University of Cincinnati Division of Rhinology, Allergy and Anterior Skull Base Surgery, tells WKEF-TV in Dayton why it is taking months for some COVID-19 patients to regain their sense of smell.