Health + Wellness

Case Western Reserve digital-imaging lab advances understanding of which ‘stage 0’ patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and may benefit from additional therapy New research at Case Western Reserve University could help better determine which patients diagnosed with the pre-malign...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Halle Moore, MD, as earlier this week she was named director of breast medical oncology and co-director for the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Moore joined Cleveland Clinic in 1999 and will assume her new r...

Grant award provides new discovery pathway for MSTP students to translate promising scientific discoveries into medicines Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently announced a new program to help the next generation of phy...

Putting the brakes on seniors’ driving privileges can leave them feeling socially isolated, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. The good news is researchers believe alternative transportation options and technology—such as FaceTime or Skype—may help seniors feel more conn...

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center researcher receives NIH funding to investigate Scientists have known that bacteria in the gut, along with environmental and genetic factors, contribute to the debilitating intestinal ailment of Crohn’s disease...

Dear members of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center community: I am happy to announce that John Pounardjian, MBA has been appointed Associate Director of Administration at our exceptional center. This appointment comes after an extensive national search following the departure of former Associate...

For the past three years, the National Cancer Institute has funded the Youth Engaged in Science (YES) program at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), introducing and training underrepresented minorities to cancer care and research professions. The program is led by Nathan Berger, MD. Program alu...

U.S. Department of Defense awards $800,000 to Case Western Reserve for spinal cord injury research People who live with spinal injuries often say that the first year of recovery is the toughest—not only for them, but their caregivers as well. But researchers and the people struggling with the re...

New technology, jointly created by Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, offers a promising potential solution to women’s pelvic health disorders, including stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. That technology is the basis for a medica...

Participant in Youth Engaged in Science, a National Cancer Institute-funded program at Case Western Reserve Connor Harris, a science-minded teenager from Hudson, Ohio, wants to know why African-Americans die from colorectal cancer at a higher rate than other racial groups. His curiosity, fueled by...