Health + Wellness

New dental research from Case Western Reserve University identifies new approach to learning about seniors’ perception of their oral health How do senior citizens perceive the importance of their oral health? The answer to that question might make all the difference whether they’ll decide to seek t...

Congratulations to the below Case Comprehensive Cancer Center members from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine who were recently announced as recipients of Annual Pilot Awards from the Cleveland Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC)! Up to $50,000 in direct...

My approach to best care has always been to think of a clinical trial first and use best available evidence next. That approach was unnerved by this week's excellent Perspective in the NEJM by Robert Aronowitz and Jeremy Greene. Aronowitz and Greene's perceptive and moving account of an all too com...

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named 54 academic inventors to the Spring 2019 class of NAI Senior Members, including Stanton L. Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC). NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators from its Member In...

The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) between Case Western Reserve University and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation has announced more than $1.1 million in 2019 funding and support for seven biomedical technologies. The seven Case Western Reserve projects were selected for ful...

Case Western Reserve University awarded $1.1 million federal grant to focus on combatting opioid, substance abuse In 2018, more than 700 people died from opioid/heroin overdoses in Cuyahoga County, according to the Cuyahoga County Opiate Task Force. The overdose rate from pharmaceuticals alone was ...

Children in foster care are in a better position to cope with childhood emotional abuse if they have higher self-esteem, according to a new study by researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. The study, published in the Ch...

Case Western Reserve’s School of Dental Medicine launches new partnership with Hough Heritage to bring oral health care to seniors The "Lifelong Smiles" van is adding a new stop on its tour to deliver high-quality, discounted dental care to Cleveland-area seniors. The geriatric dental van is part ...

Universities must teach their budding scientists entrepreneurship The Conversation: Christopher Cullis, the Francis Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology, co-wrote an article about the need to address the gap between research and commercialization around the world, and how introducing science student...

Cadavers get new life in unique medical curriculum in US CGTN: Janet Adegboye, a student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Neil Mehta, associate dean of curricular affairs at the Lerner College, talked about the opportunities that exist in medical education using technology like t...