July 7, 2020
Michael Thomas, MD, professor and chair of the UC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and UC Health physician, comments on a study out of Denmark showing e-cigarettes lead to lower sperm counts in men.
July 8, 2020
Xiaoyang Qi, PhD, received a $500,000 PanCAN grant to study ways a combination therapy could nudge the immune system to fight pancreatic cancer.
July 9, 2020
Immediately following the announcement of COVID-19 prevention measures in March, the Greater Cincinnati Tristate region saw a nearly 40% decline in patients coming to the hospital in time for emergency stroke care, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The researchers are calling for urgent public education to mitigate a potential crisis of stroke patients avoiding needed emergency care due to concerns about COVID-19
July 9, 2020
UC's Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD, has been named one of InStyle Magazine's "Badass 50" health care providers making a difference during the pandemic.
July 10, 2020
Alison Weiss, PhD, professor in the UC College of Medicine, and Suman Pradhan, PhD, research associate , lead study to advance our understanding of E.coli Nissle and how it might be protective of the body against its more malevolent and better known cousin, Hamburger E.coli.
July 10, 2020
Maria Espinola, PsyD, assistant professor in the UC College of Medicine and UC Health clinical psychologist, discusses dreams with Teen Vogue magazine and what your night of sleep might be indicating is happening in your life.
July 12, 2020
A University of Cincinnati researcher is advising against using a widely available sterilization method to clean disposable surgical masks and N95 respirators for reuse in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Scarcity of personal protection equipment in medical settings has led many health systems to consider sterilizing and reusing masks developed initially as disposable items, says Sergey Grinshpun, PhD, director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Health-Related Aerosol Studies and professor in the UC Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences.
July 14, 2020
Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, conducted a prospective, cross-sectional telephone questionnaire study which examined characteristics and symptoms of 114 patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 over a six-week period at Kantonsspital Aarau in Aarau, Switzerland. Depressed mood or anxiety exhibited in COVID-19 patients may possibly be a sign the virus affects the central nervous system, according to Sedaghat, a University of Cincinnati College of Medicine researcher.
July 14, 2020
Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was featured as a source in a story on Healthline on the FDA approval of using the disinfectant Lysol against COVID-19.
July 15, 2020
Researchers at UC are testing a commonly used drug, called sirolimus, to determine its safety and efficacy in treating hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in the trial. The research trial, called Sirolimus Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia (SCOPE), will examine the Food and Drug Administration-approved medication that is most commonly used to prevent organ rejection in patients with kidney transplants. It is also FDA-approved for the treatment of a rare lung disease, LAM.