June 27, 2024
The University of Cincinnati's John Winhusen and Caroline Freiermuth discussed the evidence-based practices implemented during the HEALing Communities Study to fight the opioid epidemic with Spectrum News.
April 27, 2023
New research out of the University of Cincinnati examines the association between genetics and the presence of opioid use disorder (OUD). The study identified six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or genetic variants that are linked to OUD.
May 11, 2023
WVXU posted a web story about research from UC examining the role of genetics in opioid use disorder.
September 28, 2023
The highest ever number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States was recorded in 2020 at 68,630, a 68% increase in just two years. Naloxone is a medicine that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose, but a new study out of the University of Cincinnati finds that widespread community distribution of naloxone through a take-home naloxone program did not significantly impact the median monthly opioid overdose rates.
January 11, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine providers across Ohio will soon get better guidance about the next steps for getting shots into arms. Brett Kissela, MD, spoke to WLWT-TV, Channel 5 and said the benefits of the vaccine outweigh any potential side effects.
September 15, 2023
Spectrum News recently highlighted the work of the UC Health mobile stroke unit that brings stroke care to patients faster and helped treat local patient Don Mundy.
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.
January 6, 2023
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has made “substantial improvement” as part of a “fairly remarkable recovery” after he collapsed during Monday night’s game in Cincinnati and went into cardiac arrest on the field, his doctors said Thursday. Doctors made those comments at a news conference that received widespread coverage, including in the Washington Post.
February 12, 2024
Dr. Sally Santen has been appointed associate dean for medical education research and innovation at the College of Medicine
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