Health + Wellness
May 24, 2012
A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in rodent models of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found.
Their study has been published in the online version of Nature Neuroscien...
May 21, 2012
CLEVELAND - This year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, an innovative medical school designed to train future physician-researchers. Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve celebrated the milestone May ...
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May 21, 2012
The Cleveland Botanical Garden, just across the street from Case Western Reserve University, will host the Eleanor Squire Library Spring Book Sale May 25-27.
With more than 20,000 books for sale on topics such as gardening, history, science, art and more, the sale is the second-largest book event i...
May 18, 2012
Case Western Reserve University Commencement Speaker Paul Buchheit (CWR ’98, GRS ’98) has given $50,000 to provide paid coaching to participants in the university’s club rowing program. Buchheit, a member of the team as an undergraduate, earlier committed $100,000 to support acquisition of a permane...
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May 17, 2012
Women faculty members and postdoctoral scholars in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are encouraged to attend a “REACH for Commercialization” workshop at Ohio State University in Columbus, Sept. 23-25.
The workshop is intended to give women faculty members and postdocs in STEM an int...
May 17, 2012
Experts: Sweet's behavior after grandparents' deaths not uncommon
Des Moines Register: Youth violence expert Daniel J. Flannery, director of Case Western Reserve’s Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, comments on how the juvenile mind processes death in the wake of 17-year-o...
May 11, 2012
Unintended consequence for dialysis patients as drug rule changes
The New York Times: A shift by the federal government in how it pays for drugs to treat dialysis patients could lead to a significant rise in blood transfusions for patients who aren’t getting enough of the medications. “They’ve trad...
May 10, 2012
CLEVELAND - The link between psoriasis and cardiovascular events has been observed for years, however the mechanics were unknown. For the first time, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have discovered preclinical evidence demonstrating that the inflammatory skin disease l...
May 07, 2012
Understanding back pain, Part 1
The Plain Dealer: Salim M. Hayek, associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, reviewed the latest NetWellness column, which looks at chronic back pain’s causes, warning signs and treatment....
May 04, 2012
To fulfill his childhood dream, J.B. Silvers followed in his father’s footsteps and became an engineer. But after a short-lived career in the field, he quickly realized there was more to his life than physics and aerospace engineering.
Thankfully—for the university, for Weatherhead School of Manage...