October 2, 2008
Do you leak when you cough, sneeze or laugh? Stress incontinence falls under the heading of pelvic floor disorders, according to the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and often goes unchecked due to the embarrassment factor.
September 3, 2008
A new set of Web-based curriculum modules on alcohol abuse and alcoholism is on track for classroom use at UC in fall 2009 and at nursing schools across the country.
August 14, 2008
Millions of children and young adults are now training for fall athletics programs, some as early as kindergarten. A UC sports medicine expert weighs in on overtraining.
August 13, 2008
The UC College of Medicine's newest class of students will have the benefit of spending their next four years in the latest addition to the medical campus the Center for Academic and Research Excellence (CARE)/Crawley Building.
August 6, 2008
UC and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center are two of only 12 sites across the country awarded grants totaling $5 million to study food allergies.
August 4, 2008
New devices that bring the laboratory to the patient s side in the emergency room could be used to speed the care of cardiac patients and improve their outcomes, say University of Cincinnati researchers.
July 10, 2008
The UC Women s Health Research Program develops personalized treatment plans for fibromyalgia patients and offers access to cutting-edge research studies testing a variety of medications for the condition.
July 2, 2008
Medical researchers at UC are the first to enroll a patient in a U.S. clinical trial designed to test the effectiveness and safety of the drug Relaxin for treating heart failure symptoms.
June 9, 2008
Researchers from emergency medicine department will soon begin a clinical trial to determine whether it is as effective to use an auto injector to deliver anti-seizure medications to patients intramuscularly as it is to treat seizing patients by intravenous injection, the current EMS protocol.
June 4, 2008
The James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati along with Michael Hegener, PharmD, and Community Pharmacy Care have been awarded the 2008 Crystal APPLE by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.