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06/17/13
Sepsis Patient From 'Near Death' to 'Nothing Is Impossible'
In winter 2011, 48-year-old Greg Andrews felt nauseated and progressively ill after eating dinner with a friend. He suspected food poisoning, but his symptoms worsened until he couldn't bear it and called 911. The next day, family members took the sick and disoriented Andrews to the emergency room at University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC). That was the last thing he recalls prior to a three-week coma in the intensive care unit. |
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06/17/13
Adjustable Gastric Banding More Effective When Combined With Gastrointestinal Hormone GLP-1
Pharmacological activation of the receptor for glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in conjunction with adjustable gastric banding (AGB) surgery may improve weight loss outcomes achieved with this procedure when compared to performing AGB alone, say researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Helmholtz Center in Munich, Germany. |
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06/13/13
Floor Tile Removal Will Bar Access to Some MSB Rooms
Workers will be removing floor tile on the east side of the Medical Sciences Building (MSB) in the 300 series hallways on Levels 4, 5, 6 and 7 this weekend to prepare for installation of temporary construction barricades for Phase IV of the MSB Rehabilitation project. |
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06/13/13
Linke Receives Servant Leadership Award
Michael Linke, PhD, volunteer associate professor of infectious diseases and chair of the UC Institutional Review Board, won the Health Council’s first ever Servant Leadership Award. |
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06/13/13
Domestic Water Service to Kettering Will Be Shut Down June 15
Domestic water service to the Kettering Lab complex will be shut down from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013, to install new valves in the system, Maintenance & Operations reports. All restrooms, sinks and water fountains will be out of service. |
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06/13/13
HEALTH LINE: Heated ‘Chemo Bath’ Alternative Treatment for Advanced Abdominal Cancers
For many people with abdominal cancer, the diagnosis comes late—when the disease has advanced and traditional surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatments are less effective. The University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Cancer Center offers an innovative approach for advanced abdominal cancers that combines cytoreductive surgery—removal of visible tumor—with the application of chemotherapy directly to the affected area of the body. |
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06/13/13
Lung Cancer Screening for High-Risk Population Now Recommended Nationally, Patients Empowered by Option
Like many people, Diana Mummert attempted to quit smoking periodically throughout her adult life without long-term success. It took a scare—two suspicious nodules in her lungs in 2013—to give her the motivation to kick the habit for good. |
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06/13/13
Former President Steger Remembered for Impact on Medical Campus
The significant impact that former University of Cincinnati President Joseph Steger had on the Academic Health Center and hospital was recalled during a memorial service June 5 celebrating his life and legacy. |
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06/13/13
Public Health's Epidemiology Concentration Offers Students Hands-On Experience
First-year student William Scott says he has been interested in the field of medicine for quite some time—but not particularly the patient care side of things. That's what led him to pursue a Master’s of Public Health degree with a concentration in epidemiology. The graduate program is housed in UC’s department of environmental health. |
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06/13/13
Scholarships Drive Allied Health Giving
With a new initiative set up by Dean Elizabeth King, PhD, faculty and staff at UC’s College of Allied Health Sciences have reached 80 percent participation in the 2013 Proudly Cincinnati Faculty/Staff Campaign. |
