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UC launches Cincy BEARCAT study

September 16, 2022

The Cincy BEARCAT study aims to learn more about the causes of cardiac arrest. The just-launched study will create a biorepository of blood samples that can be used in this project as well as future research. The hypothesis is that there is a lot of diversity in cardiac arrest patients as far as the cause of the cardiac arrest.

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UC research sees decrease in emergency visits for stroke care

July 9, 2020

Immediately following the announcement of COVID-19 prevention measures in March, the Greater Cincinnati Tristate region saw a nearly 40% decline in patients coming to the hospital in time for emergency stroke care, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The researchers are calling for urgent public education to mitigate a potential crisis of stroke patients avoiding needed emergency care due to concerns about COVID-19

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UC researcher examines genetic role in addiction

October 12, 2020

In one of the first studies of its kind, a University of Cincinnati researcher is using a grant from the Ohio attorney general’s office to research the pharmacogenomics of opioid addiction. The grant was awarded to Caroline Freiermuth, MD, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UC College of Medicine, the principal investigator for the study. The initial year will be supported with $1.63 million from the attorney general’s office, secured through money collected from pharmaceutical companies involved in opioid lawsuits. Pharmacogenomics, a relatively new field, is the study of how genes affect a person's response to drugs.

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How to stay safe during hotter temperatures

August 14, 2024

The University of Cincinnati's Dustin Calhoun and B. Woods W. Curry joined WVXU's Cincinnati Edition to discuss the spectrum of heat-related illnesses and how to stay safe as temperatures rise.