Health + Wellness
July 17, 2019
Study reveals a structural timeline of cellular signaling events Over one-third of all FDA-approved drugs act on a specific family of proteins: G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Drugs to treat high blood pressure, asthma, cancer, diabetes and myriad other conditions target GPCRs throughout the…
July 16, 2019
The prescribed dosages of opiate-based medications have resulted in some chronic pain patients taking more than 70 opioid pills a day. That's according to testimony offered by pain patient groups at a special meeting convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider making…
July 15, 2019
Announced little more than a year ago, Case Western Reserve’s second significant collaboration with Microsoft already is offering meaningful results. Today, the two organizations announced a breakthrough made possible by pooling their respective strengths: the university’s in medical imaging, and…
July 11, 2019
Outlet: Outbreak News Today
July 11, 2019
Patients could someday benefit from Case Western Reserve University nursing study The increased use of medical helicopters over the last half-century has saved countless lives by quickly getting patients from trauma to the emergency room (ER) within the so-called “golden hour.” But a growing…
July 10, 2019
In epidemiology, gerontology, human development and the social sciences, age-period-cohort (APC) models are used to study the variability in trajectories of change over time. A well-known issue exists in simultaneously identifying age, period and birth cohort effects, namely that the three…
July 10, 2019
Outlet: Medical School Headquarters
July 10, 2019
Two rising seniors at Case Western Reserve University—William
"Sam" Nutt, a biochemistry and Chinese major, and Christine Smothers,
a nursing student—are 2019 recipients of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education
Foundation, established by…
July 09, 2019
New center to be one of 31 NIH-funded centers in the nation The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health awarded a $4.23 million grant to establish the Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The two-year award will support the development of a multi-institution…