Recent Research Headlines: Politics, Legal Rights, Health Dangers and More

The University of Cincinnati is the research home base for respected information regarding political issues and contests – as well as trusted insights and information into other pressing concerns as well.

Locally, nationally and internationally, UC polling related to politics consistently informs voters and predicts outcomes on campaign contests and on attitudes related to a whole ranges of issues from the economy to the war in Iraq.

For instance, in just the last month alone, UC polling research, has tracked the presidential campaign and voters’ attitudes – research that has repeatedly made headlines throughout the region, state, nation and world. Below are just a few of the outlets carrying headlines produced by UC research related to political contests and issues: 

• ABC News
• America magazine
• Associated Press 
• Bloomberg financial wire service
• Boston Globe
• Boston Herald 
• CBS4
• Chicago Tribune
• Cleveland Plain Dealer
• CNN
• CNN International
• Columbus Dispatch
• Einnews, Portugal
• Financial Times, U.K.
• Focus News, Bulgaria
• Global Monitor, Canada
• Los Angeles Times
• MSN India
• National Public Radio
• NBC13.com
• New York Magazine
• News.com, Australia
• Newsday
• SABC News, South Africa
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Washington Business Journal
• Washington Post

While these outlets carried news and headlines related to UC research related to political issues and contest, the university’s active research efforts continually earn headlines both  within and outside of any given political season. Such consistent research results have led to UC’s standing among the nation’s top research universities in the United States, according to the National Science Foundation. The Chronicle of Higher Education lists the university in the most prestigious “very high” category in terms of research activity as reported by the Carnegie Foundation.

In October 2008, scores of media have provided coverage of other UC research projects, including

• International and national outlets – The New York Times, Bloomberg, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada.com, the National Post of Canada, Canada’s Globe and Mail, Newsday, Reuters, Reuters U.K., Reuters India, Science Centric-Bulgaria – carried extensive coverage of new UC research indicating exposure to a chemical commonly found in plastic food containers that is already linked to heart disease, diabetes and stunted growth may also interfere with cancer treatments. Due to UC’s research, Brown University made the decision to replace plastic cups in the university’s dining facilities.

• Media in Australia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Thailand and the U.S. – including U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Reuters Health, DrKoop.com, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Scientist Live, NHS Knowledge Service (the media wing of Britain’s National Health Service), Pharmacy Europe – reported on a new UC study that looked at risks associated with the blood-thinning drug, warfarin. The study showed that the drug increases the amount of bleeding in the brain for those who suffer a stroke. 

• International media, including United Press International, reported on a new UC study showing that transplant recipients do not need extended doses of steroids after operations, thanks to modern immunosuppressive drugs.

• The Washington Post carried coverage of UC business research related to the use of music in retail settings.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on a new study co-authored by a UC law faculty member. That study looked at the views of minority students toward whether affirmative action policies create a stigma in their educational experience.

• Science Daily and other international media featured a UC study that found a link between a mother’s high-fat diet and obesity in her children. The UC research found that female mice fed high-fat diets were more likely to have oversized offspring – a risk factor for obesity and being overweight. The female mice fed high-fat diets were more likely to have oversized offspring because fat causes the placenta to go into “overdrive” by providing too many nutrients.

• Modern Medicine/HealthDay News provided coverage of UC research in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology regarding findings that indicating vitamin C and E supplements may increase the risk of membrane rupture in pregnant women.

• The Miami Herald reported on an amendment to be voted on this November by Florida voters that originated with research done by UC law students. Students discovered land laws from the Jim Crow-era still on the books in four states. Florida is the only one of the four states that has yet to correct the issue.

Among other recent UC research projects covered by international and national or state and regional media are

• Marijuana use adversely impacts teens’ thinking skills.

• An overlooked but major source of radon exposure to be found at a now-closed uranium-processing plant.

• Evaluation of Cuyahoga County’s drug court program.

• A looming shortage of geriatric specialists suggests that these specialists should concentrate their efforts on the most frail and vulnerable patients

View past research headlines at the following links

• UC’s September 2008 research headlines.
• UC’s August 2008 research headlines. 
• UC’s July 2008 research headlines. 
• UC’s June 2008 research headlines. 
• UC’s May 2008 research headlines.  
• UC’s April 2008 research headlines.    
• UC’s March 2008 research headlines.     
• UC’s February 2008 research headlines.     
• UC’s January 2008 research headlines.     
• Read more about UC’s 2007 research headlines. 
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