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"Patricia Lenox, 77, says her oncologist at the University of Cincinnati, Olugbenga Olowokure, has been her strongest ally as she has struggled this holiday season with both the loss of her husband John and her own illness ... 'You are my boxing champion,' he said. 'I’m going to put you in the ring to fight cancer, and fight it even angrier because of what it did to your husband.'"

Help for the Ill or Grieving During the Holidays The loss of loved ones or the challenge of fighting an illness doesn’t pause for the holiday season. Health-care providers and bereavement counselors offer emotional support.

Cincinnati Magazine is here shooting images for their January "Top Docs" issue. The accompanying story will feature Dr. Kerith Spicknall and Dr. Deb Breneman who opened the area's only cutaneous lymphoma clinic.

The College of Nursing is truly an "iCoN" for hands-on learning. And the AACN recognized that. Read more here:

UC HealthNews : UC College of Nursing Receives National Innovation Award A cutting-edge UC College of Nursing program has received national recognition for innovation in education from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Patient Tammy Wynn "now," in full recovery thanks in-part to the UC Cancer Insitute. Read about her "then" here: http://healthnews.uc.edu/news/?/25229/

I wouldn’t have known on the front end of my diagnosis that breast cancer is something I would have been grateful to experience. But on the back end, I wouldn’t have missed it.

At Angel’s Paws, we provide end-of-life hospice care to pets and their families. Without my own cancer journey, I would not have the ability to relate to our pets’ experiences the way I can now. In my situation, I was the sick pet and my fiancé was the caregiver.

The ability to empathize with both the pets and their caregivers allows me to provide them with comfort, education and support in ways I wouldn’t have been able to before. Angel’s Paws is my divine calling. Everything has been perfectly aligned -- even my breast cancer diagnosis.

-- Tammy Wynn, breast cancer survivor and founder & CEO of Angel's Paws, with Itsy.

Cheedy Jaja, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Sierra Leone native, was interviewed for Cincinnati Edition yesterday at the WVXU, 91.7 FM studios about his second trip to the country this year, where he helped treat Ebola patients. Listen to the full interview here: http://wvxu.org/post/uc-college-nursing-professor-talks-about-treating-ebola-sierra-leone

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UC Researchers Find Spiders Quickly Learn Eavesdropping to Gain Ground on the Mating Game http://bit.ly/1Dqo8CT

Spiders Quickly Learn Eavesdropping to Gain Ground on the Mating Competition Results of an NSF-funded research partnership are revealed in the August issue of the prestigious international journal Animal Behaviour.

The Urban Health Project invites you to its "Committed to Community Event" Thurs., July 30, at 5 p.m. in CARE Crawley http://bit.ly/1U3T8wu

Homepage | Urban Health Project The Urban Health Project is a medical student run non-profit organization that places University of Cincinnati medical students with non-profit agencies in the Greater Cincinnati Area for a summer service internship, after completing the first year of medical school.

Dylan Steen, MD, discusses PCSK9 Inhibitors & cardiovascular risk with http://bit.ly/1Hg9Pfg

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"Findings from this study could mean exciting new therapies, especially for patients with HER2 and estrogen receptor positive breast cancer.” - Xiaoting Zhang, PhD

UC HealthNews : $1.8M NCI Award Helps Researcher Study Protein Xiaoting Zhang, PhD, has received a $1.8 million, five-year, R01 award from the National Cancer Institute to continue breast cancer research.

UC experts are getting together to talk cancer research ... and they want your ideas! Submit them at the Enquirer - Cincinnati and Kentucky website by next Friday.

UC cancer experts need your help Readers can participate by donating their own big ideas about fighting cancer

Dr. Brian Earl's research "Using SiNAPs to Uncover Cochlear Neuropathy” made the cover of Audiology Today http://bit.ly/1Iwxp8v

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