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Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Overall, sleep apnea more th...

CLEVELAND—Maria Pagano, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has established an empirical model to quantify and gauge an alcohol addicts' level of engagement in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)-related helping (AAH). The instrument validity study, "R...

CLEVELAND—ase Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have identified a major indicator of two deadly diseases of the heart and blood vessels: heart failure and aortic aneurysm. The absence of the Kruppel-like Factor 15 (KLF15), when combined with stress, leads to both heart failur...

CLEVELAND - In a paradigm changing discovery, Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax)malaria has been identified in a population historically thought to be resistant to the disease, those who do not express the Duffy blood group protein on their red blood cells, according to researchers from Case Western Reserv...

CLEVELAND - One year post-surgery, patients who underwent Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) experienced greater cell loss overall compared to those who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), according to a new analysis of data collected from the Cornea Donor Study (C...

CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded six Department of Defense (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) grants for innovative medical research. The grants, totaling nearly $2.8 million, will advance research in the field of breast ca...

CLEVELAND - A new predictor of cornea transplant success has been identified by the Cornea Donor Study (CDS) Investigator Group. New analysis of data from the 2008 Specular Microscopy Ancillary Study (SMAS), a subset of the CDS, found that the preoperative donor cell count of endothelial cells, prev...

Check your receipts: If you were charged extra during the sales tax holiday, here's what you can do WEWS: Michael Goldberg, professor at Weatherhead School of Management and associate vice president of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, urged Ohio shoppers to check receipts during the state’...

If your menopause symptoms aren't going away, it could be this little-known syndrome National Geographic (subscription required): Sheryl Kingsberg, professor of reproductive biology, psychiatry and urology at the School of Medicine, warned that genitourinary syndrome of menopause can cause women to...

Kroger’s CEO mysteriously resigned. An unrelated lawsuit involving Jewel could reveal why Fortune Magazine: Eric Chaffee, professor and the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar at the School of Law, said the former Kroger CEO's forfeiture of $11 million in benefits suggests he avoided re...