December 7, 2022
Psychiatry Advisor highlighted recent University of Cincinnati research that found in utero exposure to certain flame retardant chemicals may be a risk factor for developing anxiety symptoms in early adolescence.
December 6, 2022
Forbes highlighted research from the University of Cincinnati's Jeffrey Mills and Jeffrey Strawn examining factors behind the decision to begin or decline medication treatment for childhood anxiety disorders after cognitive behavioral therapy did not lead to improvement.
December 6, 2022
Hospital emergency departments in the Cincinnati-area are seeing a surge in patients who have flu symptoms and complications, pushing hospitals be near or at capacity, partially because flu is raging in the region. Hospitalizations for flu locally rose 107% last week. Cincinnati.com asked several local healthcare experts about what people should do as flu cases surge. One of those was Jennifer Forrester, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UC College of Medicine.
December 6, 2022
The University of Cincinnati's Daniel Arendt has published new research that shows a self-service vending machine filled with harm reduction supplies such as naloxone helped prevent overdoses and contributed to Hamilton County’s overdose deaths decreasing in 2021.
December 5, 2022
University of Cincinnati researchers have published a new study examining factors behind the decision to begin or decline medication treatment for childhood anxiety disorders after cognitive behavioral therapy did not lead to improvement.
December 2, 2022
Hospitals in the Cincinnati area are dealing with what some are calling a 'tripledemic' of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu. WLWT reported that according to the Health Collaborative, COVID-19 hospitalizations across Ohio counties in greater Cincinnati are at 176 patients. That's 41 more than Friday. About 180 people are hospitalized with the flu. It's a major spike from the week before. One of the experts cited by WLWT is Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.
November 29, 2022
You may know Victoria Morgan as the recently retired Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Ballet, but now she has a new goal: helping Cincinnatians stay healthy and active as they age. The Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Cincinnati hosted a Movement as Medicine Event on November 3, 2022 at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute featuring Victoria’s VM workout.
November 29, 2022
Army ROTC students prepare for their branching ceremony and the next phase of their career.
November 29, 2022
The University of Cincinnati's Alberto Espay was featured in a Financial Times article discussing the new Alzheimer's drug lecanemab.
November 28, 2022
The American Heart Association (AHA) says that chest pain accounts for more than 6.5 million emergency room visits each year in the United States, plus nearly 4 million outpatient visits. While not all episodes of chest discomfort turn out to be life-threatening, chest pain is the most common symptom of a heart attack in adults of all ages, so it needs to be taken seriously. In a story posted by Everyday Health, Richard Becker, MD, of the UC College of Medicine is one of the experts quoted.