Health + Wellness

A comparison of an unaffected brain and an affected brain with pachygyria. Ashleigh Schaffer, PhD, assistant professor of genetics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a team of global genetics experts have discovered a genetic mutation and the faulty development…

WATCH VIDEO Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have discovered how two brain regions work together to maintain attention, and how discordance between the regions could lead to attention deficit disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,…

Targeting longnNoncoding RNAs may offer gains compared to conventional approaches Certain genes that code for proteins have long been known to contribute to cancer progression. But in a frame shift, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently found that non-coding…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown that a single “cocktail” of three pill-based anti-parasite medications is significantly more effective at killing microscopic larval worms in people diagnosed with lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis,…

Non-contrast based technique may benefit patients with peripheral arterial disease Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a three-year, $1,118,556 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate a new imaging…

New research from Case Western Reserve University addresses trauma as a root cause The cycle of intimate partner violence will remain unbroken unless trauma in perpetrators—not just victims—is also treated, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. Offenders of intimate…

Mark Jackson, PhD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is preparing and inspiring a new generation of cancer investigators through Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR). The 10-week program recently received a five-year National Institutes of Health…

Lin Mei, MD, PhD, joins Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as professor, chair of the Department of Neurosciences, and director of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative. Mei comes to the medical school following 13 highly productive years at Medical College of Georgia at Augusta…

On November 1st, 1843, sixty-seven students and six faculty members gathered together to begin classes in the Department of Medicine of Western Reserve University. The students paid $72 in tuition. This was our beginning! This past Thursday was the formal 175th anniversary of the founding class of…

An international team of researchers and clinicians participated in the SWOG Cancer Research Network's POEMS clinical trial. While initial findings released in 2014 were positive, the follow-up results 5 years later are groundbreaking.  The trial included patients with hormone-receptor negative…