Health + Wellness
February 22, 2018
Case Western Reserve University and Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. recently announced the award of an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a planned study of gene-edited T cells designed to eradicate persistent HIV infection in patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy, a…
February 19, 2018
We’ve been experiencing a lot of volatility this last year. The stock market has shown us wild gyrations this last month – one day your 401k was beckoning you toward retirement, the next to hunker down and earn some more money! The temperature, after stubbornly sitting in the teens, suddenly began…
February 14, 2018
Blocking action of gene enhancers halts spread of tumor cells In one of the first successes of its kind, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and six other institutions have inhibited the spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to another. In doing so,…
February 13, 2018
Exercise has numerous, well-documented health benefits. Could it also play a role in preventing and reducing substance misuse and abuse in adolescents? This is the intriguing question that a team of investigators from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic seeks to…
February 13, 2018
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University was selected for the second straight year as one of 31 schools to receive a grant to increase the number of nurses earning doctorate degrees. The schools comprise the fifth cohort of grantees of the Robert Wood Johnson…
February 12, 2018
The report that Apple will develop applications to download access of our personal electronic medical record to our personal smart phones (Apple, in Sign of Health Ambitions, Adds Medical Records Feature for iPhone, NY Times) could be transformational for medical care, our sense of medical…
February 12, 2018
Multi-drug resistant Candida auris no match for novel compound Microscopic yeast have been wreaking havoc in hospitals around the world—creeping into catheters, ventilator tubes, and IV lines—and causing deadly invasive infection. One culprit species, Candida auris, is resistant to many…
February 07, 2018
Case Western Reserve researchers encouraging family doctors to include dental-health screenings, referrals during wellness checkup visits
Researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will expand an effort to improve the dental health of low-income children with a…
February 07, 2018
Award will be used to develop new therapeutic options for metastatic osteosarcoma Leading cancer researcher Alex Huang has received a $450,000 Basic Science grant from Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation to study targeted approaches for effectively eliminating metastatic osteosarcoma. “We’re…
February 06, 2018
New tools will fight skin condition, personalize diagnosis and management, and identify leads for drug treatment An experienced interdisciplinary team of psoriasis and computational researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical…