Health + Wellness

Hsin-Ti (Cindy) Lin, MD, and Benjamin Liu, MD, both Residents at MetroHealth, were interviewed by National Public Radio's (NPR) health correspondent, Yuki Noguchi, about their research on the promise of GLP-1 agonists, a class of drugs now being used to treat diabetes and weight loss, for use in…

More than 3,400 sudden unexpected infant deaths are reported annually in the United States, making it the country’s biggest cause of death of infants from 1 month to 1 year old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most of these deaths are classified as Sudden…

Ashley Showers, assistant professor and assistant program director of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation nurse anesthesia program at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology…

In 2024, the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine is set to revolutionize dental education with a $2.6 million investment to upgrade its Simulation Clinic located in the Samson Pavilion. The state-of-the-art facility will be equipped with the latest A-dec dental simulation…

Daniel Spratt, MD, member of Case CCC's Developmental Therapeutics Program, conducted a retrospective cohort study assessing the associations between the Decipher Genomic Classifier (Decipher GC), a test that improves understanding of the aggressiveness of a patient's prostate cancer, and risks of…

Case CCC Molecular Oncology Program member Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD, and Thomas Jefferson University's Lucia Languino, PhD, conducted a collaborative study that appears in a recent Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. The study, Expression of the αVβ3 integrin affects prostate cancer sEV cargo and…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to make it easier for people to prevent skin cancer. Free sunscreen will be available to all visitors at participating Cleveland Metroparks beaches and golf courses. The project, “Be Sun Smart. Protect Your Skin…

A study with Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Co-Leader Stephanie Schmit, PhD, MPH, as Principal Investigator aims to close the healthcare gap that disproportionately affects Hispanic/Latino (H/L) communities in the U.S. by identifying colorectal cancer screening (CRC) screening…

Case CCC Population and Cancer Prevention Program member, Mohamed Draz, PhD, provided background information for a study published this week in MDLinx that indicates honey bees can detect certain cancers with nearly 90% accuracy. Draz explains, “Cancer metabolism produces specific compounds that…

Each month, the Center for Research and Scholarship at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing sends an internal research newsletter to faculty, staff, students and researchers. A recap is posted here. Research Grants & Scholarly Awards NINR F31 Predoctoral Fellowship …