Health + Wellness

Last month, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomed nearly 150 people to campus for the "Innovators in AYA Cancer: Driving Science and Policy toward a Brighter Future for Teens and Young Adults with Cancer" symposium. Throughout this day and a half event, research findings and scientific disc...

Research supported by multi-year National Institutes of Health grant The development of a set of strategies for delivering genome editing complexes directly to stem cells has earned a group of innovators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine a first-year grant of nearly $700,000 thr...

Case Western Reserve researcher on team that prints 3D model to prove importance of ‘transverse struts’ to long-term structure life New bone-structure research from scientists at Case Western Reserve, Cornell and Purdue universities could give new hope to patients suffering from osteoporosis—and su...

Ethical and social implications of neural–digital interfaces: an interview with Suzanne Rivera Neuro Central: Suzanne Rivera, vice president for research and technology management and associate professor in the Department of Bioethics, addressed the ethics of neural-digital interfaces, including qu...

Young adults often "forgotten individuals" in cancer research ideastream: Stanton L. Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Asa and Patricia Shiverick–Jane Shiverick (Tripp) Professor of Hematological Oncology, and John Letterio, professor of pediatrics, discussed the natu...

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Case Western Reserve University research examines virtual role-playing to address student mental health, suicide Aside from car crashes, suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among young people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Ohio alo...

CWRU School of Dental Medicine research suggests treating one may impact the other Obesity and gum (periodontal) disease are among the most common non-communicable diseases in the United States—and studies show these chronic conditions may be related. This new study explores the effect of obesity o...

A new collaborative study led by Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals has found that commonly used clinical indicators of immune status and inflammation can predict mortality in the general population. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study showed that lymphopenia (a condition characterized...