Health + Wellness

Recently, I reread the books of Lewis Thomas, MD. These beautiful collections of essays, many originally published in the New England Journal of Medicine as “Notes of a Biology Watcher,” are lyrical reflections on the human condition and the high position of medicine and science therein. Dr.…

I-Corps@Ohio program aims to advance research into products for medical treatments or surgeries Four medical-technology research teams at Case Western Reserve University will participate in focused entrepreneurial training through I-Corps@Ohio, an Ohio Department of Higher Education initiative…

More than a third of HIV patients develop oral conditions from immune systems compromised by the virus and its treatment, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) While advances in HIV treatment have dramatically improved patient lifespans and quality of life, nagging side effects…

A light-sensing pigment found in everything from bacteria to vertebrates can be biochemically manipulated to reset itself, an important therapeutic advantage, according to new research out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In a study just released from the Proceedings of the…

New study also provides drug screening platform for broad therapeutic development A multi-institutional team led by researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have grown stem cells from children with a devastating neurological disease to help explain how different genetic…

A massive new study involving blood samples from more than 30,000 individuals has identified 13 new genetic risk factors for glioma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor in adults. The study, published in Nature Genetics, reveals specific differences in a person’s DNA that increase…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have been named to a new colorectal cancer dream team that was announced today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C. The dream team comprises scientists,…

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) have been named to a prestigious "colorectal cancer dream team" that was announced today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C. The dream…

A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and MetroHealth System researcher, along with Cleveland Clinic’s director of metabolic research, have received federal funding to determine if childhood obesity can be prevented before women become pregnant. The first-ever Cleveland-based study…

First recipient of implanted brain-recording and muscle-stimulating systems reanimates limb that had been stilled for eight years Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. His motions were slow and deliberate, but then Kochevar hadn’t moved his right…