Patty Zamora writes on the advancements and discoveries taking place at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second-most common form of neurodegenerative disease and afflicts more than ten million people worldwide. While current therapies address disease symptoms, they do not prevent the underlying neurodegeneration that drives the disease.Investigators at University…
Most genetic research used in modern medicine has been conducted on people of European descent—leaving those of other ancestries receiving medical advice based on research that doesn’t apply to them.For patients from a non-European background, research used to estimate the contribution of risk…
Case Western Reserve University graduates earn a higher median income than those at any other college in Ohio, according to a new analysis by Business Insider magazine.Business Insider identified the colleges and universities in each state with the highest-paid graduates four years after completing…
A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center predicts rising temperatures driven by climate change will dramatically increase heat-related heart disease in the United States.
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With a new $6.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging, researchers at Case Western Reserve University will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to identify possible genetic targets to treat Alzheimer’s disease.The intent, said principal investigator Jonathan…
New research is bringing science one critical step closer to understanding what causes cardiac arrest and potentially preventing it.The American Heart Association (AHA) has granted Case Western Reserve University the Rapid Impact Research Award, a designation reserved for research the AHA considers…
As the COVID-19 pandemic upended virtually every aspect of people’s lives, one critical question loomed large for millions of low-income and underserved healthcare patients: Would they still be able to see their own doctor?Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the OCHIN nonprofit…
Millions of Americans take daily supplements—including nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide (NAM)—to boost energy, slow aging and protect the heart and brain. Many cancer patients also take these supplements to help manage the excruciating side effects of…
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, has elected Case Western Reserve University neuroscientist and professor Paul Tesar as a 2025 AAAS Fellow.Tesar is the Pavey Family Eminent Professor…
Finding an effective treatment for osteosarcoma, the most common type of bone cancer in children and young adults, has puzzled medical researchers for 40 years.
Now, a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals shows some promising results.
The study,…