December 4, 2025

The World Health Organization recently issued its first guidance on GLP-1 medications for adults with obesity — recommending long-term, continuous use when clinically appropriate. Malti Vij, MD, University of Cincinnati adjunct associate professor in the College of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine, appeared on Cincinnati Edition on 91.7 WVXU News to discuss GLP-1s and what expanded insurance coverage of the medications might mean for Americans.

December 1, 2025

Given the rapidly growing evidence base in glomerular disease, the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes group, known as KDIGO, recently published an updated clinical practice guideline for the management of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV). University of Cincinnati nephrologists recently shared what's new and what's next with MedCentral.

December 1, 2025

The University of Cincinnati will lead a national study that could have a major effect on how people, especially teens, recover from ACL surgery. It will soon begin enrolling patients in a clinical trial. The study will look at the effectiveness of using a surgical drug post-operatively to speed up recovery. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is already regularly used during surgeries to limit bleeding.

November 21, 2025

A new clinical trial soon will begin enrolling patients at the University of Cincinnati to study extended postoperative use of the drug tranexamic acid (TXA), which helps reduce bleeding and may improve recovery outcomes.

November 19, 2025

Shailendra B. Patel, MD, PhD, University of Cincinnati professor in the College of Medicine's Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism in the Department of Internal Medicine, recently led a major international effort to update clinical guidance for lipid management.

November 18, 2025

The University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine is launching the new Interdisciplinary Medical Pathways Across Training (IMPAcT) program this academic year with two initial tracks: Humanities and Arts in Medicine and Healthy Communities.

November 14, 2025

The American Society of Nephrology hosted its annual Kidney Week 2025 meeting recently in Houston. Prakash Gudsoorkar, MD, a University of Cincinnati College of Medicine associate professor of clinical in the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Internal Medicine, shared his perspectives with MedCentral on three studies presented during the meeting.

November 14, 2025

Families attended the 25th annual Fluency Friday workshop on Nov. 14 on the University of Cincinnati's medical campus, where speech pathologists emphasized to children and their parents that "it's okay to stutter." The annual event is now called Cincinnati STRIDE.

November 10, 2025

Two in five people will be told they have diabetes during their lifetime. And people who have diabetes are twice as likely to develop heart disease. One of the deadliest dangers? Diabetic cardiomyopathy. But groundbreaking University of Cincinnati research hopes to stop and even reverse the damage before it’s too late.

November 10, 2025

An app that uses an AI model to read a single-lead ECG from a smartwatch can detect structural heart disease, researchers reported at the 2025 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association. Although the technology requires further validation, researchers said it could help improve the identification of patients with heart failure, valvular conditions and left ventricular hypertrophy before they become symptomatic, which could improve the prognosis for people with these conditions.