Megan Burgasser

1 week ago | uc.edu | Megan Burgasser

A person's blood can accumulate potentially damaging particles that may be flushed out. Some anti-aging influencers, along with a handful of scientists, believe exchanging the plasma in a person's blood can help slow biological aging. Plasma exchange is a well-established treatment for certain blood disorders, autoimmune diseases and neurological conditions, and it’s typically covered by insurance when deemed medically necessary. It is not covered for anti-aging purposes.

2 weeks ago | uc.edu | Megan Burgasser

Students from the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine recently gathered for a night of celebration as they reunited with the children they have been mentoring through the UC Med Mentors program. The event marked the end of the school year for Cincinnati Public Schools and included the distribution of laptops to the kids as they head into summer break.

2 weeks ago | uc.edu | Megan Burgasser

Experiencing hardships including domestic violence, discrimination, high levels of violent crime in a community or chronic poverty as a child could make a person more likely to become homeless. The more adverse childhood experiences that a person has, the higher the risk could be. That's according to research from Edson Chipalo, PhD, an assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati's College of Allied Health Sciences. The study was published recently in the journal Child Indicators Research.

2 weeks ago | uc.edu | Megan Burgasser |Marc E. Rothenberg

The University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have been chosen as a World Allergy Organization (WAO) Center of Excellence for the 2025-2029 term. Jonathan Bernstein, MD, adjunct professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Internal Medicine will serve as the College of Medicine’s head of an 11-person leadership committee.

2 weeks ago | uc.edu | Megan Burgasser

Cataract surgery is one of the most foolproof procedures in medicine, with a success rate as high as 95%. Nevertheless, many seniors don’t get cataract surgery because they fear losing their sight, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine researchers reported recently in the journal Clinical Ophthalmology. The UC study was recently featured in U.S. News & World Report.