Misti Crane

Black women at high risk of breast cancer face a variety of obstacles that may keep them from care that could prevent cancer and increase the chances they’ll survive if they develop the disease, new research has found. 

A study from researchers at The Ohio State University provides insights into the factors that contribute to racial disparities in use of preventive measures, including genetic testing, prophylactic mastectomies and medication to thwart breast cancer.

Middle-aged smokers are far more likely to report having memory loss and confusion than nonsmokers, and the likelihood of cognitive decline is lower for those who have quit, even recently, a new study has found. 

The research from The Ohio State University is the first to examine the relationship between smoking and cognitive decline using a one-question self-assessment asking people if they’ve experienced worsening or more frequent memory loss and/or confusion. 

Remaining cautious about e-cigarettes’ ability to reduce tobacco-related harms and declining to promote e-cigarette use for smoking cessation isn’t a violation of the Food and Drug Administration’s responsibility to the public, argue experts from The Ohio State University in a recent paper. 

In her 2022 State of the College address, Dean Amy Fairchild celebrated 15 years of the College of Public Health, applauded efforts and awards in the CPH community and unveiled the college’s newly designed official seal.

Fairchild began her address with thoughts from those who were at Ohio State when the School of Public Health gained autonomy from the College of Medicine and became its own college:

Ohio State’s College of Public Health has received the 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Distrust and, at times, outright dismissal of public health’s evolving pandemic guidance might have been minimized by relying more heavily on input and guidance from ethicists, argue the authors of a recent perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

Professor Liz Klein has been named chair of the Division of Health Behavior and Health Promotion. Klein, who joined the College of Public Health faculty in 2008, has been actively involved in public health since 1995 and is a self-described “public health lifer.”

Rural Americans suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s are less likely than city dwellers to be seen by specialists and receive tests that can benefit both them and their families, recent College of Public Health research has found. 

Women who deliver babies at Catholic hospitals are about half as likely to have undergone a sterilization procedure to prevent unwanted pregnancies after the birth as those who delivered elsewhere, a new study has found. 

A condom designed to increase sexual pleasure has the potential to increase protected sex and decrease sexually transmitted infections, a new study suggests. 

The new condom, called CSD500 and not currently available in the United States, includes a gel designed to enhance erection firmness, size and duration.