Health + Wellness

High-powered microscope shows receptor at rest, with focus on drug development A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have used Nobel Prize-winning microscope technology to see full-length serotonin receptors for the first time. The tiny…

A Case Western Reserve University professor is joining an interdisciplinary group of 19 experts in academia from around the country speaking out against gun violence. Daniel J. Flannery, a professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, is part of a national…

Uganda “treatment cascade” increases patient continuation in care Billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars have been invested in Africa over the past 15 years to improve care for millions suffering from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, yet health systems on the continent continue to struggle. What if the…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute researchers Muhammad Panhwar, MD, and Mahazarin Ginwalla, MD, recently concluded a study of more than 22 million patients that suggests a strong connection between Inflammatory Bowel…

Enzymes open door for targeted therapeutics across disease spectrum Doctors have long treated heart attacks, improved asthma symptoms and cured impotence by increasing levels of a single molecule in the body: nitric oxide. The tiny molecule can change how proteins function. But new research…

Richard Martin, MD Richard Martin, MD, professor of pediatrics, reproductive biology, and physiology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, and director of neonatal research programs and Drusinsky-Fanaroff Chair in Neonatology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, has…

When it comes to our heart, we often know what we need to do in order to stay healthy. Take the tips shared by Harvard Health Publishing, for example: avoid tobacco, be active, aim for a healthy weight, improve your diet and drink alcohol in moderation or not at all. Many of these suggestions may…

As part of our 175th anniversary celebration, we are focusing on a different aspect of our history. This month it’s imaging - and our record goes back more than a century. In 1905 Walter C. Hill, MD, was appointed the first radiologist at Lakeside Hospital, about when the institution first…

Study provides hope for Rett syndrome patients and others across autism spectrum It is a parent’s nightmare: A child is born apparently healthy, then stops meeting developmental milestones at one year old. Her verbal and motor skills vanish, and irregular breathing, seizures, and a host of other…

The NCI Board of Scientific Advisors met November 29, 2017, and the slide decks were recently released.  The slides provide a snapshot of the direction of the NCI, and include funding opportunities and access to NCI resources that are useful for many investigators across the Case CCC. Please…