SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - The annual “Beating the Melanoma Blues” fundraiser by Melanoma Know More moves to a new venue this season, Kenwood Country Club, on Thursday, August 9 from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m.

The event features live music performed by boogie piano blues artists from around the world, as well as a panel discussion on the latest advancements in melanoma research from experts at the University of Cincinnati.

“This is one of the most important fundraisers we hold throughout the year,” said Dr. Susan Kindel, president of Melanoma Know More. “Not only is it an evening of good music, it’s a time where we can share the good news of research advancements in the fight against melanoma.”

The panel discussion, to be held from 6:15 p.m.

NORWOOD, OH (FOX19) - Mercy Health, which provides quality care with compassion in your neighborhood, will build a new freestanding Emergency Department in the Rookwood area of Cincinnati. The new emergency department is the centerpiece of Mercy Health – Rookwood Medical Center, which will open in the 3rd quarter of 2013. The Rookwood Medical Center is a department of The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health and the medical staff of The Jewish Hospital played a key role in the strategy behind its development.

The 24,000 square foot facility, located at the corner of Edwards Road and Williams Avenue near the on-ramp to Interstate 71 north, will also house physician offices and provide other medical services to serve residents of Hyde Park, Mariemont, Mt. Lookout, Norwood and Oakley.

Currently residents in the densely populated neighborhoods around Rookwood Commons need to travel downtown for emergency care.

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Dr. Jon E. Mendelsohn, a leading local plastic surgeon and medical director of Advanced Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center has recently opened The Advanced Botox Center (ABC). 

Located within the existing facility in Rookwood Tower in Norwood, next to the shopping centers by borders to Oakley and Hyde Park, the center is designed with the patients in mind, to provide them with the very best care, along with fast and easy Botox® Cosmetic treatments.

Botox is now used by over 11 million women and men worldwide, and has long been approved by the FDA.  In addition to treating dynamic lines that result from facial expression, Botox Cosmetic has been used all over the body to treat more than 25 medical conditions – including migraine headaches, neck bands and hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating).