Health + Wellness

According to AARP, the annual cost of unpaid elder caregiving—a responsibility that falls primarily to family members—totals about $450 billion. Until Case Western Reserve University nurse researchers began their study, however, the mental, physical and emotional expenditure of such caregiving had ...

Magnesium sulfate is given to many pregnant women to treat preterm labor and preeclampsia, and it was recently shown to prevent cerebral palsy. However, little is known about how it works. But researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently discovered the mechanism by whic...

CLEVELAND - Led by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Mark Chance, PhD, director of the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been awarded $4 million for work with the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II) at Bro...

CLEVELAND - Magnesium sulfate is given to many pregnant women to treat preterm labor and preeclampsia and was recently shown to prevent cerebral palsy; however little is known about how it works. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently discovered the mechanism by w...

A promising study out in the Journal of Neurosciences showed that in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, researchers were able to reverse abnormalities in brain activity and improve neurological function by treating the animals with an FDA-approved anesthesia drug, ketamine. Rett syndrome is among the m...

CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve School of Medicine announces a $1.5 million commitment from alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs’ gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicine’s headquarters. Dean Pamela B. D...

A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs have better outcomes in terms of their time sober, consideration for others and long-term meeting attendance. These novel findings are from a 10-year, prospective investi...

Ben W. Strowbridge, professor of neurosciences and physiology/biophysics and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth-year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, have discovered how to store diverse forms of artificial short-term memories in isola...

CLEVELAND - Leaders of the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation and Cleveland Foundation today announced that each organization has committed $10 million to launch Case Western Reserve University’s campaign for a new medical education and research building. The grants represent the largest single awards...

CLEVELAND - Armed with a new $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, dermatology researcher Nicole Ward, PhD, assistant professor of dermatology and neurosciences at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, will lead a study examining the li...