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Stores New Play On Words-Big Gas Savings

Kmart store marketing executives have released another commercial with a play on words that will raise eyebrows.The new 30 second spot promotes the stores fuel savings program.You can watch it ...
Cleveland Captivity Hero Gets Burgers for Life

CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown.Charles Ramsey has been promised free burgers for life at more than a dozen Cleveland-area restaurants.The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports that the restaurant where Ramsey worked as a dishwasher ...
Photos Joe Morgan statue coming along

The Joe Morgan statue sculptor Tom Tsuchiya is creating is taking shape, as evidenced by photos taken Wednesday by The ...
Norwood Family Finds Giant Sinkhole in Basement

A Norwood family awakens to find a giant sinkhole in their basement. Now they'll have to find a new place to live after their home is determined to be too dangerous to inhabit. Crews were called to the home on Maple Avenue after the power went out. The family went to check the breaker box and found eight feet of water in their basement. After the water subsided, there was a giant crater in ...
Kings Island Free Admission To Vets This Weekend

King's Island is honoring those who serve in the military this Memorial Day weekend with free admission.King's Island is letting in all members of the military, active and retired, free of charge.You need to show a valid military ID at the ticket window.Vets can also buy up to six discount tickets for immediate family.King's Island is now open ...

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The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code is Exhibit A in how things that work on the page dont always translate on-screen. Dan Browns book, which has sold some 40 million copies and shows little sign of slowing down, reads like a novelized screenplay, and most people burn through it n ... ...

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Consumer marketing firm Saatchi Saatchi X expands to Cincinnati

Drawn by Greater Cincinnatis growing reputation for marketing and advertising expertise and the presence of major brands such as the Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), Macys Inc. (NYSE: M) and the Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), a consumer marketing company with ties to a French advertising and media giant has expanded into Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Saatchi & Saatchi X has opened ...
Matthew 25 Arrives In Oklahoma

Local 12's Joe Webb is in Moore, Oklahoma, covering the damage from Monday's devastating tornado.He says relief workers from Blue-Ash based Matthew 25 arrived on Wednesday afternoon with their truckload of supplies donated by Cincinnatians.The organizer spoke to Joe, and says the group hopes to begin distributing to victims on Thursday ...
Hamilton County Sewer Work Suspended

A Hamilton County sewer project is on hold after a disagreement between county commissioners and the City of Cincinnati. The commission voted unanimously to suspend Metropolitan Sewer District Work - until city council repeals an ordinance giving unionized contractors an advantage in the bidding process. Commissioners say unionized work is more expensive. The county owns MSD but the city runs ...
Fire Blazes In Green Township

Firefighters were called to put out a fire in Green Township just after 12:30 Thursday morning, May 23, 2013.Crews found smoke pouring from the basement of a home on Karen Avenue near Aurora.Firefighters discovered a fire had started in the ...
Two Suspects Arrested in Middletown Robbery Hit and Run

MIDDLETOWN, Oh - A man and a woman are under arrest, charged with a late night robbery and hit and run at the Kohl's store in Middletown. The couple also allegedly robbed a woman at a grocery store earlier in the day. Police tell us that they were called to the Marsh's Supermarket on University Boulevard around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday for a purse snatching. A female victim had her purse ...

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Biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease uncovered

University of Cincinnati researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could help with earlier diagnosis and intervention in those who have not yet shown symptoms.

This finding was made possible by using the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR).

The DoDSR is a biological repository operated by the U.S. Department of Defense and contains over 50 million human serum specimens, collected primarily from applicants to and members of the U.S. uniformed services.

This discovery, the first of its kind and led by UC's Bruce Yacyshyn, MD, is being presented via podium presentation by staff from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Digestive Disease Week 2013, being held May 18-21 in Orlando, Fla.

"With collaborators from Walter Reed, we were able to identify all of the active duty service men and women who developed IBD and then used the repository to go back and look at various biomarkers to see what each person had in common," said Yacyshyn, a professor of medicine at the UC College of Medicine and UC Health gastroenterologist.

IBD is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine. The main types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; inflammatory bowel diseases are considered autoimmune diseases in which the body's own immune system attacks elements of the digestive system. ...