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May 26, 2026For decades, evidence has been piling up that links heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity. People with diabetes are twice as likely to experience heart disease or stroke. Being overweight and obese increases the risk of high blood pressure… -
May 14, 2026No matter their field of study, Case Western Reserve University graduate students are routinely challenged to consider new ways of thinking and examine innovative approaches to age-old questions, often making significant scholarly contributions along the way. That couldn’t happen without… -
January 28, 2026Researchers restore brain cell function in Parkinson’s models SciTechDaily: Xin Qi, the Jeanette M. and Joseph S. Silber Professor of Brain Sciences at the School of Medicine, explained how her team uncovered a harmful interaction between proteins that damages the brain’s cellular powerhouses,… -
January 23, 2026Discovery paves way for new Parkinson’s treatments Neuro Rehab Times: Xin Qi, the Jeanette M. and Joseph S. Silber professor of brain sciences at the School of Medicine, discussed how her team discovered how harmful protein build-up in brain cells causes the death of movement-controlling nerve…