Health + Wellness

At the end of this week, many of you will be attending the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Once again, we are excited to have many members and trainees participating, presenting, and leading sessions. If we accidentally missed anyone, please…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have been honored by the prestigious Clinical Research Forum for their groundbreaking clinical investigation of blood pressure and colon cancer in African Americans, providing findings that could transform how care is…

So-called millennials consider their generation the most narcissistic ever. Older generations agree—but think the narcissism goes even beyond what millennials admit. Joshua Grubbs For millennials (adults born between 1980 and 1994, and also known as “Generation Y”), this assessment by their…

As you are aware, Vice President Biden and President Obama announced the Cancer Moonshot during the 2016 State of the Union Address. Since that time, there has been considerable development of efforts both on the part of the Executive Branch and through the NCI. In the course of this effort, we…

Developmental psychologist Maria Pagano, PhD, found adolescents with severe alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems have a low regard for others, as indicated by higher rates of driving under the influence and having unprotected sex with a history of sexually transmitted disease. The findings also…

Malaria, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia targeted Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members have received grants to advance technologies designed to provide earlier diagnoses of malaria, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia. Brian T. Grimberg, assistant professor of…

Guest Author: Neal Meropol, MD Timely (within 24 months of completion) reporting of the results of clinical trials in ClinicalTrials.gov is a federal mandate. Case Western Reserve University was found to be a top performer in a recent study of all clinical trials (not just cancer) listed on this…

Case Western Reserve University nurse scientists will use a $2.37 million federal grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to explore how videoconferencing can help family members who are living apart from loved ones battling cancer become better involved in their treatment. “Many…

An international team led by Case Western Reserve researchers has discovered a way to treat abnormalities in fetal brain development in mice that eliminates the animals’ symptoms of neurological disorders in adulthood. The study, which began when two of the key researchers now at Case Western…

Faster, cheaper test predicts who needs chemotherapy or just hormonal regimen For women with the most common type of breast cancer, a new way to analyze magnetic resonance images (MRI) data appears to distinguish reliably between patients who would need only hormonal treatment and those who also…