Health

September 18, 2026

September is dedicated to raising awareness of several serious diseases, including sickle cell disease and childhood cancer. For patients in Greater Cincinnati fighting these diseases, awareness is only part of the equation. They also need lifesaving blood products.

September 18, 2026

A University of Cincinnati emergency medicine quality improvement campaign avoids 3,500-plus head and cervical spine CT scans, saving $6.2 million in patient charges, more than 14,000 hours of waiting time and significant radiation exposure with no patient harm.

September 17, 2026

University of Cincinnati researchers and Hamilton County officials are using overdose data to identify Cincinnati hot spots and place free NaloxBoxes and fentanyl test strip dispensers where they are needed most to help prevent opioid overdose deaths.

September 14, 2026

Cleveland.com highlighted a University of Cincinnati initiative approved for funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to expand the implementation of healthy lifestyle interventions and metformin prescription to help manage weight gain in overweight or obese youth taking second-generation antipsychotic medications.

September 14, 2026

The University of Cincinnati is part of Ohio’s $18 million Behavioral Health Scholarship Program, offering full in-state tuition to eligible social work, mental health counseling and clinical psychology graduate students who commit to serving underserved Ohio communities after graduation.

September 10, 2026

For Dan Asimus, MD, Med ’72, as the founder of Life Fitness Center, Inc., a private health clinic specializing in integrative medicine—education and whole-person care have been the foundation of his life’s work.

September 8, 2026

A year into his role, Kevin Haworth, PhD, reflects on the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's largest-ever incoming baccalaureate class, first anatomy certificate graduates and a landmark philanthropic gift.

September 4, 2026

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center's Robert Van Haren, MD, spoke with Local 12 about the need for more awareness and discussions around lung cancer screenings.

September 3, 2026

Noninvasive tests have emerged as valuable alternatives for diagnosing, staging and monitoring MASLD and MASH, according to a recent MedCentral report.

September 3, 2026

Cincinnati is experiencing more days of extreme heat this summer than in previous decades, due in large part to warmer global temperatures. But explanations for these higher temperatures also relate to regional factors, including the city's location in a river valley and large proportion of built environment.

September 1, 2026

WLWT and WCPO highlighted the contributions of University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers that helped lead to the recent FDA approval of daraxonrasib, a new treatment for pancreatic cancer.

September 1, 2026

The University of Cincinnati Cancer Center’s Sarah Skuli, MD, PhD, received a two‑year, $150,000 Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Grant to study TP53‑mutated leukemia, a treatment‑resistant subtype with very poor outcomes.

August 31, 2026

U.S. News and World Report, Yahoo! News, MSN, USA Today and other national media highlight a new study by the University of Cincinnati and Northwestern University that found a correlation between heavy social media use and depression in adults.

August 27, 2026

At the University of Cincinnati’s Speech & Hearing Clinic, Doctor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology graduate students gain real-world experience while providing free speech and hearing services to the community.

August 26, 2026

University of Cincinnati researchers have been approved for funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to expand the implementation of healthy lifestyle interventions and metformin prescription to help manage weight gain in overweight or obese youth taking second-generation antipsychotic medications.