September 22, 2011
Educators in the division of geriatrics are putting first- through third-year residents in the shoes of older adults who have numerous prescriptions to take but instead of those blood pressure or heart pills, these physicians will be downing some Mike and Ike or a few dozen M&Ms.
September 29, 2011
Mitchell Rashkin, MD, said he didn t expect to direct the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at UC Health University Hospital for long. But now, after 29 years, he s finally passing the baton.
September 22, 2011
Celiac disease is gaining more attention as more people are diagnosed, but a UC Health expert says that the illness is still under-recognized and needs to be discussed more in detail to help those whom it affects.
September 22, 2011
Educators in the division of geriatrics are putting first- through third-year residents in the shoes of older adults who have numerous prescriptions to take but instead of those blood pressure or heart pills, these physicians will be downing some Mike and Ike or a few dozen M&Ms.
September 29, 2011
Mitchell Rashkin, MD, said he didn t expect to direct the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at UC Health University Hospital for long. But now, after 29 years, he s finally passing the baton.
September 22, 2011
Celiac disease is gaining more attention as more people are diagnosed, but a UC Health expert says that the illness is still under-recognized and needs to be discussed more in detail to help those whom it affects.
September 8, 2011
July marked the launch of a new four-week longitudinal teaching module as part of the required third-year family medicine clerkship on the evaluation and management of the older adult patient and caregiver with a focus on Alzheimer s disease. On Sept. 2, the module began for the third time ever at UC.
September 8, 2011
Although society s perception might be that surgeons endure greater mental challenges and stress in their work duties than a primary care doctor, new research from experts at the University of Cincinnati shows that this isn t necessarily the case.
September 14, 2011
University of Cincinnati research published in the Sept. 14, 2011, advance online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that patients with hepatitis C who took a combination medication a telaprevir-based regimen that is commonly used to treat the illness for 24 weeks were cured.
September 26, 2011
When studying the factors that affect community participation in a treatment and prevention program for river blindness (a parasitic disease caused by the black fly), it makes sense to go to a location where river blindness occurs. This was the case with College of Nursing doctoral candidate Kate York, who traveled to Tanzania May-August 2011 to gather information for her dissertation: "The Community Health Worker s Role in the Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin Program .
September 1, 2011
The Parkinson s Disease Exercise Initiative, a new collaboration between the Gardner Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute and the Cincinnati YMCA, is taking aim at a progressive disease by meeting it head-on with progressive exercise.
September 1, 2011
Alison Weiss, PhD, a professor in the molecular genetics, biochemistry and microbiology department, participated in the American Academy of Microbiology s "FAQ: E. coli mini-colloquium Thursday, Sept. 1, at AAM headquarters in Washington, D.C.
September 29, 2011
As part of new curriculum at the UC College of Medicine, first-year students in the Physician and Society 101 course went out into the field at more than a dozen local agencies to observe and report on aspects of health in Greater Cincinnati communities.
September 8, 2011
Successfully run residency programs are one of the components of fulfilling the UC College of Medicine s education mission. In this interview, Rose Alden, residency and fellowship coordinator for the UC Department of Radiology, reflects on her 23 years working in medical education tells and why she enjoys the unique challenges of the role.
September 15, 2011
Alfred Sassler, DO, a UC Health otolaryngologist and associate professor at the UC College of Medicine, says that the season for fall allergies is rapidly approaching but that it doesn t have to mean misery for those who experience them.
September 28, 2011
Scientists will discuss the latest occupational and environmental health research at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Education and Research Center s 12th annual Pilot Research Project Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 13 and Friday, Oct. 14.
September 20, 2011
Hoxworth Blood Center at UC has declared an Emergency Appeal for Type O Donors this week.
September 1, 2011
Xiaoting Zhang, PhD, of UC s cancer and cell biology department recently secured a $587,000 U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Idea Award to develop tissue-specific nanotherapeutics for the treatment of human breast cancer. Innovation and potential impact of the proposed work are what win funding.