November 29, 2021

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the World Health Organization gave the name omicron to the newest identified version of SARS-CoV-2 and called it a variant of concern. There is still much to be learned about this latest variant and how potentially dangerous it is. In a story on the variant, Cincinnati.com interview Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine.

December 3, 2021

The Atlanta Journal Constitution published a story on research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine possibly adding a weapon to hospitals’ bacteria fighting arsenal.Using the topical drug called AB569 — a combination of acidified nitrite and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid — promotes killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria while enhancing the healing of wounds in a variety of burn injuries, the study found. The study was published in the journal Infection and Immunity.

December 7, 2021

The University of Cincinnati's Dr. Francisco Romo-Nava details his research looking into how the body's circadian rhythms affect binge eating.

December 8, 2021

The University of Cincinnati's Dr. Maria Espinola talked with WCPO about the importance of finding therapeutic outlets throughout the week outside of regular therapy sessions.

September 24, 2021

Neurosurgery Chairman Joseph Cheng accepted the Distinguished Service Award from AANS.

September 28, 2021

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is opening what it calls a “heart bank” to collect tissue samples that can be used by researchers. Those samples will be stored in a biorepository to provide a potentially valuable resource to help researchers find answers to scientific questions.

October 8, 2021

WCPO featured Dr. Lawrence Sobel and patient Debra Ocho to highlight UC Health's TMIST breast cancer screening clinical trial participation.

October 7, 2021

The University of Cincinnati is awarding prizes in the weekly ‘Strength in Immunity’ drawing. To further encourage vaccination against COVID-19, the university is conducting weekly drawings for gift cards in varying amounts of $2,500 or $5,000. In all, the university will award nearly $50,000.

September 15, 2021

A pilot program to educate and support healthy behaviors in specific young adult population shows merit

September 24, 2021

In overweight and obese adults at high cardiovascular risk, once-daily subcutaneous liraglutide plus changes in diet and physical activity reduced visceral fat, a single-center phase 4 placebo-controlled trial showed. Vincent Fong, MD, was interviewed for his reaction to the study by Medscape.