June 1, 2010
UC led a research team providing boys from ages 8-11 doses once or twice a day of docosahexaenoic acid, an essential fatty acid known as DHA. The subjects showed big improvements in their performance during tasks involving attention.
May 25, 2010
Mario Zuccarello, MD, has been appointed chair of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine s neurosurgery department and Frank H. Mayfield Professor of Neurosurgery.
May 20, 2010
A UC study has found that the incidence of the most common form of stroke has decreased significantly among whites but has increased slightly among blacks.
June 1, 2010
UC led a research team providing boys from ages 8-11 doses once or twice a day of docosahexaenoic acid, an essential fatty acid known as DHA. The subjects showed big improvements in their performance during tasks involving attention.
May 25, 2010
Mario Zuccarello, MD, has been appointed chair of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine s neurosurgery department and Frank H. Mayfield Professor of Neurosurgery.
May 20, 2010
A UC study has found that the incidence of the most common form of stroke has decreased significantly among whites but has increased slightly among blacks.
May 20, 2010
Joseph Broderick, MD, professor and chairman of UC s neurology department, and Patrick Tso, PhD, professor and director of UC s Lipid Biology Group, will receive Daniel Drake Medals the college s most prestigious award given to distinguished living faculty and alumni Saturday, May 22, during a dinner at the Queen City Club.
May 17, 2010
Removal of the protein S6K1 slows the formation of new adipocytes (fat cells). Researchers say the finding suggests that S6K1 could be directly targeted for treating or preventing obesity.
May 12, 2010
Local lung cancer survivors hope to benefit lung cancer awareness and research with the first ever "Lungs on the Run 5K run/walk Saturday May 22, at the West Chester Medical Center campus..
May 11, 2010
UC Libraries have received a $314,258 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize the correspondence and photographs of Albert B. Sabin, developer of the oral, live-virus polio vaccine and distinguished service professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Children's Hospital Research Foundation from 1939-1969.
May 4, 2010
The popular diabetes medication metformin works in different fashion than the current widely accepted view. This new finding could lead to wider use of the drug particularly in people with cancer and diseases linked to TSC deficiency like tuberous sclerosis and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).
May 3, 2010
With more than $5M in funded research in four years, 11 journal articles in 2009 alone, more than a dozen pending or granted patents, and his second spin-off company, you might say that Jason Heikenfeld is running at the speed of light.
May 3, 2010
Bloodstream infections associated with catheters can be significantly reduced through quality improvement efforts, possibly leading to better health outcomes and lives saved, decreased stays at the hospital and related costs, according to a new study.
May 3, 2010
A comprehensive effort to install safety devices in the homes of hundreds of infants and young children reduced modifiable injuries by 70 percent, most of which involved falls from stairways, according to a new Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center study.
May 1, 2010
Institute of Medicine guidelines restricting the number of hours medical residents can work may not result in the intended consequences of enhancing sleep and patient safety.
May 1, 2010
Pregnant Arab women have an "extraordinarily high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency a potential health issue for them and their babies, according to a new Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center study.
May 1, 2010
As many as two of three breastfeeding mothers in Cincinnati may have insufficient blood levels of Vitamin D, a concern that also affects three out of four one-month-old infants whose mothers breastfeed, according to a new Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center study.
May 1, 2010
Children with ADHD who carry a specific type of dopamine receptor gene respond better to the drug methylphenidate (MPH) than those without the genotype, according to new research from Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center.