Health + Wellness
June 28, 2011
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation.
The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of H...
June 27, 2011
UCITE will host a discussion on “How much time should students spend outside class on course work?” June 30 from noon to 1 p.m. in Allen Library 306.
Out of class work is undoubtedly an important part of courses, but students are not taking only one particular course. They are usually taking four o...
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June 23, 2011
The deadline to submit claims for reimbursement from 2010 Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) is June 30. Claims must be for eligible health care and/or dependent care expenses incurred between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2010, or in the 2011 “grace period” of Jan. 1, 2011 through March 15, 2011.
Completed cl...
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June 22, 2011
Health Affairs: Political science professor Joseph White blogs about health care cost control....
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June 21, 2011
New York Times: Ilke Sipahi, an assistant professor, says that implantation of a biventricular pacemaker has significant risks. Sipahi is the lead author in a study published online last week in The Archives of Internal Medicine in which researchers reviewed five randomized controlled trials of the...
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June 16, 2011
The Graduate Student Senate is holding its first official summer activity, Tap into Summer, on June 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. near Bingham Building. The entire campus community is invited to celebrate the first day of summer and enjoy food from two of Cleveland's most popular food trucks, Umami Moto (Asia...
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June 16, 2011
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a genetic factor that can regulate obesity-induced inflammation that contributes to chronic health problems.
If they learn to control levels of the factor in defense cells called macrophages, “We have a shot at a nove...
June 13, 2011
Study offers insights on how nurse practitioners can help patients develop healthy habits.
Headlines about the country’s expanding waistlines are nothing new, but a recent study of exercise habits in overweight and obese individuals is shedding light on how health professionals can help patients mak...
June 13, 2011
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Roger French, F. Alex Nason Professor of Material Science, is heading up a $7.5 million effort to transform part of the White Building into a testing ground for solar panels....
June 13, 2011
CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a genetic factor that can regulate obesity-induced inflammation that contributes to chronic health problems.
If they learn to control levels of the factor in defense cells called macrophages, "We have a sh...