Health + Wellness
May 24, 2019
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…
May 21, 2019
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…
May 15, 2019
Outlet: Reuters Health
May 13, 2019
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…
May 10, 2019
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…
May 09, 2019
“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…
May 07, 2019
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,…
May 03, 2019
Outlet: News 5 Cleveland