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Cincinnati.com: Chronic pain: Would changes in CDC opioid prescribing guidelines help those who have it?

February 21, 2022

In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) set opioid-prescribing guidelines for physicians. The idea was to offer doctors the best ways to protect people from an over-prescription of pain pills which had fueled the misuse of opioids and amplified cascading overdose deaths in the United States. While the goal was to protect patients, the impact was not all positive. In an article published by Cincinnati.com, Christine Wilder, MD, of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the UC College of Medicine and the director of the UC Health Addiction Sciences, was one of the experts cited.

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Healthline: Avian flu outbreak in the US: What to know right now

February 22, 2022

Health experts in the United States are monitoring an increase in cases of bird flu in several states, including Indiana, Kentucky and Virginia. In January, the United States Department of Agriculture detected the first U.S. bird flu case after a hunted wild bird tested positive for the virus in Colleton County, South Carolina. Experts reported that it was the H5N1 strain, a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) — the same strain responsible for fatal poultry outbreaks across Europe and Asia in late 2021. In a story on the increase in bird flu published by Healthline, Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UC College of Medicine was one of the experts cited.

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Researchers have new hope for HIV vaccine

August 27, 2024

Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, vice chair for clinical research in internal medicine in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a renowned infectious disease expert, recently appeared on Cincinnati Edition on WVXU radio to talk about a potential HIV vaccine.

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Ohio board rejects medical marijuana for autism

July 12, 2024

Cleveland.com highlighted decisions from the State Medical Board of Ohio rejecting autism and female orgasmic difficulty disorder as conditions for its medical marijuana program, following testimony from experts including the University of Cincinnati's Craig Erickson.

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Cincinnati researchers want to know if MRIs can work better

June 28, 2024

WVXU and the Cincinnati Business Courier highlighted a new collaboration between the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, UC Health GE HealthCare, JobsOhio, REDI Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s to create an MRI Research and Development Center of Excellence located on UC’s medical campus.