Health + Wellness

Randall Cebul A new study published in the July issue of Health Affairs, the preeminent journal on health care policy, found that poor, uninsured patients who enrolled in a Medicaid-like insurance plan had better care and health outcomes than those who remained uninsured. In addition, across all…

Confronted by a irate patient? What to do? “Challenge yourself to find something about him or her that you can authentically praise” suggests Cancer Center member Dr. Timothy Gilligan, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Co-Director, Center for Excellence in Healthcare Communication at Cleveland…

With age, postmenopausal women with osteoporosis are at greater risk of losing their teeth. But what treatment for tooth loss provides women with the highest degree of satisfaction in their work and social lives? A new study by Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers…

Research focuses on select tissues injured through disease, surgery and transplants, but early findings indicate potential for broad applications The concept sounds like the stuff of science fiction: take a pill, and suddenly new tissues grow to replace damaged ones. Researchers at Case Western…

Pushpa Pandiyan Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine have unraveled one of the mysteries of how a small group of immune cells work: That some inflammation-fighting immune cells may actually convert into cells that trigger disease. Their findings, recently…

Instrument’s super-magnification of retina would enhance early detection of eye disease and could accelerate developing new eye therapies Krzysztof Palczewski Imagine an instrument that peers deep inside the eye and sees how well the retina’s cells function. Such advanced technology would…

Guest Author: Ruth Keri, PhD This past month, Gary Gilliland, Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, penned a commentary for the Association of American Cancer Institutes, emphasizing the need for women and other underrepresented groups in science and describing his goals for…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University combined finely crafted nanoparticles with one of nature’s potent disrupters to prevent the spread of triple-negative breast cancer in mouse models. The highly aggressive cancer subtype is difficult to manage and the FDA has no approved targeted…

Imagine an instrument that peers deep inside the eye and sees how well the retina’s cells function. Such advanced technology would provide unprecedented options for early detection of disease – not only of the eye, but other organs as well. Case Western Reserve Professor Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD,…

Researchers hope to improve dental health by changing caregiver behavior Studies have long associated low-income areas with poor oral health. But dental researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University of Washington sensed that other factors related to income may be at work—in…