Health + Wellness

Ulysses Grant Mason III aims to support future physicians

Cancer Center receives $25.5 million grant renewal The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a $25.5 million renewal grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), marking 38 years of continuous NCI funding since the center’s founding in 1987. The grant reaffirms the center’s key role in…

Most spinal cord injuries happen in an instant, but the impact—including loss of muscle control, pain, breathing difficulties and depression—can last a lifetime. And no approved treatments can regenerate nerves after the injury or improve on lifelong consequences.That could change. In a recent…

Southern states face steepest increases as low-income communities bear greatest burden

For 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…

“Teaching advocacy gives students agency. They learn to identify gaps, translate evidence and pursue solutions that improve care—whether through clinical practice, research or policy.”— Lia Logio, vice dean for medical educationFor Lia Logio, MD, advocacy belongs in medical education—regardless of…

Cancer begins when cells break their own proliferation and survival rules. In those moments, they adapt to stress, bypass stop signals and keep dividing—even in environments that should result in their destruction.For more than three decades, J. Alan Diehl, PhD, chair of the Department of…

Research

At Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, researchers are advancing on a goal that once seemed unthinkable: reversing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and ALS. Together, these and other progressive neuronal diseases affect an estimated 57 million…