Health + Wellness

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is no longer a fatal condition, thanks to newer medications inhibiting the retrovirus, but a puzzling phenomenon has surfaced among these patients — non-AIDS complications. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have resolved the...

Case Western Reserve scientist helps lead study that will enhance insulin products and improve blood sugar control Since its landmark discovery in 1922, insulin has improved the health and extended the lives of more than 500 million people worldwide with diabetes mellitus. Yet the question of how ...

Neighborhood Connections, the small-grants and grassroots community-building program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation, will bring a 12-foot teepee to the WOW! Wade Oval Wednesday concert today, July 30. People will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about what makes for a healthy Gr...

Case Western Reserve scientist helps lead study that links “Dishevelled” genes to disruptions in cerebrospinal fluid flow in animal models The mysterious condition once known as “water on the brain” became just a bit less murky this week thanks to a global research group led in part by a Case West...

Cuyahoga County high school students are smoking tobacco products at the same rate as adults in the county, according to new data from the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case Western Reserve University. In 2013, more than 22 percent, or one in five high school studen...

Researchers from Case Western Reserve and Dartmouth show the small antioxidant molecules suppress colon cancer onset Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Dartmouth College have shown that a class of small antioxidant molecules carries enormous promise for suppressing colon cancer a...

In an era of increasing concern about the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant illness, Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a promising new pathway to disabling disease: blocking bacteria’s access to iron in the body. The scientists showed how bacterial siderophore, a small molecule, cap...

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a $12.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to identify rare genetic variants that may either pr...

Case Western Reserve University scientists pinpoint channeling of cell’s energy flow in moving metal ions Case Western Reserve University scientists have discovered how a family of proteins—cation diffusion facilitators (CDFs)—regulates an important cellular cycle, where a cell’s energy generated ...

Leaders from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals this evening announced a new collaborative fundraising effort focused on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) cancer. The news came as Char and Chuck Fowler announced their third major philanthropic commitment aimed at defeating the d...