Health + Wellness

Southern states face steepest increases as low-income communities bear greatest burden

For decades, evidence has been piling up that links heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity. People with diabetes are twice as likely to experience heart disease or stroke. Being overweight and obese increases the risk of high blood pressure…

“Teaching advocacy gives students agency. They learn to identify gaps, translate evidence and pursue solutions that improve care—whether through clinical practice, research or policy.”— Lia Logio, vice dean for medical educationFor Lia Logio, MD, advocacy belongs in medical education—regardless of…

Cancer begins when cells break their own proliferation and survival rules. In those moments, they adapt to stress, bypass stop signals and keep dividing—even in environments that should result in their destruction.For more than three decades, J. Alan Diehl, PhD, chair of the Department of…

Research

At Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, researchers are advancing on a goal that once seemed unthinkable: reversing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and ALS. Together, these and other progressive neuronal diseases affect an estimated 57 million…

New hope for breathing recovery after spinal cord injuriesStory By: Patty ZamoraAbout 300,000 Americans live with spinal cord injuries, and related respiratory complications are the leading cause of illness and death, according to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. But a new study led by…

For Stan Gerson, MD, a strategic plan is not a sit-on-a-shelf-and-gather-dust kind of document. It’s a living plan that speaks to our times, details the rationale and goals for potentially game-changing collaborations, and is adjusted annually to account for the unforeseen. Work on the School of…

New study from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals shows loss of nitric oxide in Alzheimer’s brains; Published in ‘Molecular Cell’