News & Events From the Academic Health Center
- 11/05/09
- UC HEALTH LINE: Embracing a More 'Green' Lifestyle Isn't Just for Fringe
- Cincinnati"If you muster images of dreadlocked hipsters hugging trees and eating tofu when you hear the term "green," think again: living a green lifestyle is becoming easier every day, and it's not just beneficial to the planet"it can have a major impact on human health, too.
- 11/02/09
- Researchers Awarded $
1.6M to Study Effect of BPA on the Heart, Reproductive System
- University of Cincinnati researcher Scott Belcher, PhD, has received a two-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to expand his environmental estrogens research.
- 10/29/09
- UC HEALTH LINE: New Treatments for Pulmonary Hypertension Improve Outcomes
- There are new treatments that can improve the quality of life for some pulmonary hypertension sufferers, says Jean Elwing, MD, UC Health pulmonologist.
- 10/28/09
- Researcher 'Shows the Voice' in Swallowing Disorders
- Using his background in aerospace engineering and signal processing, a UC researcher is finding new ways to help physicians listen to their patients: by teaching them to look at the signal, not the sound.
- 10/26/09
- Alternatively Spliced Tissue Factor Identified as Promising New Biomarker for Aggressive Cancers
- A recently discovered form of the protein that triggers blood clotting may play a key role in the molecular mechanisms leading to the growth of certain metastatic cancers, according to new research reported by an international team of scientists.
- 10/26/09
- Common Weed Could Provide Clues on Aging and Cancer, Researchers Say
- A common weed and human cancer cells could provide details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres"a section of DNA believed to affect cellular aging and cancer.
- 10/22/09
- UC HEALTH LINE: Free Hearing Aid Cleanings and Checkups in November
- You get regular maintenance on your car, your home―so why not your hearing aid?
