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How to Tell Whether You Have a Bruise or Hematoma and What You Can do to Treat Each

July 19, 2022

Dr. Mohamad Moussa, associate professor of emergency medicine, explains the difference between a simple bruise and a more serious hematoma.


40 Years Later, Prevention and Treatment Have Made HIV a Chronic Disease

July 19, 2022

Dr. Joan Duggan, an infectious disease specialist and medical director of the UTMC Ryan White Program, discusses how HIV has become a chronic disease with treatment and prevention options.


University of Toledo to Provide Trauma Care Training to Help Ukraine

July 19, 2022

Kristin Calkins, director of trauma services at UTMC, discusses the trauma life support training UToledo will be providing to Ukrainian and Polish physicians in Warsaw.


Toledo Medical Professionals Travel to Europe to Teach Advanced Trauma Care

July 19, 2022

Dr. Stephen Markowiak, a surgeon at UTMC, and Cristina Alvarado, director of immersive and simulation-based learning at UToledo, discuss trauma life support training UToledo will be providing to Ukrainian and Polish physicians in Warsaw.


University of Toledo Doctors and Nurses Going to Poland to Teach Ukrainian Doctors

July 14, 2022

Cristina Alvarado, a registered nurse and director of immersive and simulation-based learning, and Dr. Stephen Markowiak, a general surgeon at UTMC, discuss the mission to directly train physicians in Poland and Ukraine on the front lines of war.


University of Toledo Sending Doctors and Nurses to Aid Ukraine

July 14, 2022

Cristina Alvarado, a registered nurse and director of immersive and simulation-based learning, talks about the mission to directly train physicians in Poland and Ukraine on the front lines of war.


University of Toledo Medical Team Headed to Poland to Train Ukrainian Physicians in Trauma Care

July 14, 2022

Cristina Alvarado, a registered nurse and director of immersive and simulation-based learning, talks about the mission to directly train physicians in Poland and Ukraine on the front lines of war.


UToledo Trauma Team Headed to Poland to Train Ukrainian Physicians

July 12, 2022

Dr. Kristopher Brickman, director of the Global Health Program in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, is spearheading the UToledo-led effort to build critically needed skills by directly training the doctors.


Researchers Identify Biomarker to Help Diagnose Thyroid Cancer

July 7, 2022

Dr. Juan Jaume and Dr. Shahnawaz Imam, faculty in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, demonstrated a new, highly accurate way to rule out thyroid cancer in otherwise inconclusive biopsies and eliminate unnecessary diagnostic surgeries.


UToledo Researchers Discover Link Between Mouth, Skin Bacteria and Regulation of Blood Pressure

July 5, 2022

Xue Mei, a Ph.D. student in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, writes about UToledo research that shows two bacterial species in the mouth and on the skin contribute to the reduction of blood pressure.