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International nursing conference focuses on patient safety
Experts look to technology to address third-leading cause of U.S. deaths: medical error Nurses are poised to take the lead on ensuring patient safety in an American health care system, where they already make up 35% of the workforce, according to Mary Dolansky, co-chair of an international nursing…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center awarded nearly $9 million to expand access to clinical trials
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has been selected, once again, as a Lead Academic Participating Site by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The renewal comes with a six-year, $8.9 million grant that will enable the center to provide patients with additional access to clinical trials through the…
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Carol M. Musil named next Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing dean
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that a double alumna of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will become its next dean. Carol M. Musil, interim dean at the nursing school since August and the Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Professor of Nursing, succeeds Mary E. Kerr, who…
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Father-daughter graduates to celebrate special commencement day May 19
That’s six Case Western Reserve degrees for the Martin family and counting Commencement day, Sunday, May 19, will be especially busy for the Martin family. So busy that they’ve made special arrangements. “We’re here for the whole day,” said Richard Martin. “We boarded the dog for two days…
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KL2 Scholar Alum Studies the Management of MS with Highly Effective Treatments (HETs)
“For many years, we started most MS patients on traditional injectable medications that were very safe but had limited efficacy, and even after the advent of HETs, we’ve seen that most people with MS tend to gravitate toward the lower-risk options, when presented with a choice, because they feel…
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Study: Therapy dogs reduce children’s fear, anxiety during dentist appointments
A new Case Western Reserve University study found that children visiting the dentist reported reduced situational fear when a certified therapy dog is present. The research was done by the university’s School of Dental Medicine and Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences,…
CWRU 4th Annual Giving Kids Hope Event
Outlet: WKYC Live on Lakeside