/tags/uc-health UC Health en-US Copyright Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:32:44 GMT /local-news/2024-08-29/cincinnati-forgive-residents-medical-debt The first wave of a city-funded program will forgive $6 million in debt for about 4,000 residents. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:32:44 GMT /local-news/2024-08-29/cincinnati-forgive-residents-medical-debt Becca Costello /health/2024-08-19/uc-nanoparticle-research-hearing-loss Research is underway to find better drugs to treat hearing loss. In the meantime, researchers at the University of Cincinnati are trying to come up with an effective way of getting the drugs — once they're discovered — into the inner ear to do their work. Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:39:48 GMT /health/2024-08-19/uc-nanoparticle-research-hearing-loss Tana Weingartner /education/2023-10-24/cincinnati-public-students-stop-the-bleed-training Around 4,000 juniors and seniors will be taught how to apply pressure to a wound, control bleeding, and use a tourniquet. Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:05:28 GMT /education/2023-10-24/cincinnati-public-students-stop-the-bleed-training Zack Carreon /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-09-15/high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-treatment-option-men-prostate-cancer After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thu, 15 Sep 2022 08:00:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-09-15/high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-treatment-option-men-prostate-cancer /health/2022-01-05/uc-health-pres-and-ceo-pandemic-is-heating-up-as-hamilton-co-covid-19-daily-cases-record-shattered "Omicron, how contagious it is, is just stunning and frightening," UC Health President and CEO Dr. Richard Lofgren says. "It truly doubles the cases every two to three days." Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:19:06 GMT /health/2022-01-05/uc-health-pres-and-ceo-pandemic-is-heating-up-as-hamilton-co-covid-19-daily-cases-record-shattered Cory Sharber /podcast/focus-on-technology/2021-11-08/uc-health-spray-on-skin-burn-patients The idea is huge, and the benefits are big for burn patients. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:33:00 GMT /podcast/focus-on-technology/2021-11-08/uc-health-spray-on-skin-burn-patients Ann Thompson /podcast/focus-on-technology/2021-08-30/heart-surgery-with-1-inch-incision UC Health surgeons performed the first endoscopic triple valve procedure in the U.S. on a 63-year-old patient. Less than a week after surgery, the patient was cleared to drive to Chicago with family and have pizza. Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:32:00 GMT /podcast/focus-on-technology/2021-08-30/heart-surgery-with-1-inch-incision Ann Thompson /local-news/2021-06-09/uc-health-to-offer-controversial-new-alzheimers-drug UC Health reports it's one of three Ohio locations that will offer a controversial Alzheimer's disease treatment just approved by the FDA.The UC Memory… Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:27:35 GMT /local-news/2021-06-09/uc-health-to-offer-controversial-new-alzheimers-drug Tana Weingartner /health/2020-12-02/for-4-weeks-hamilton-county-sees-nearly-4-000-new-cases-hospital-capacity-stretched For the fourth week in a row, Hamilton County is reporting nearly 4,000 new cases, with 3,943 announced during a Wednesday briefing.As more COVID-19 cases… Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:07:41 GMT /health/2020-12-02/for-4-weeks-hamilton-county-sees-nearly-4-000-new-cases-hospital-capacity-stretched Cory Sharber /health/2020-11-30/rise-in-hospitalizations-causes-uc-health-to-forgo-elective-surgeries Due to a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations, UC Health hospitals will be suspending elective surgeries for the near future. This comes two weeks after UC… Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:45:19 GMT /health/2020-11-30/rise-in-hospitalizations-causes-uc-health-to-forgo-elective-surgeries Cory Sharber