Health + Wellness

Treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) can control relapses, but don’t stop the disease from progressing—or promote brain repair. But with financial support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), a postdoctoral researcher at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will ...

Where have all the nurses gone? And how do hospitals get them back? cleveland.com: Beverly Capper, assistant professor and the director of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, said CWRU takes extra steps to make sure graduates are ready to practi...

A Personal Connection to Research Fuels Dr. Tisch’s Health Disparities Research Dr. Daniel Tisch, Associate Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences in the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, has always been inspired by science and scientists. As h...

Children who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a new study that analyzed electronic health records of more than 1 million patients ages 18 and younger. In a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers at ...

Case Western Reserve University to lead team including Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State in exploring ways to use artificial intelligence to better predict pandemic risks Case Western Reserve University is leading a local team of scientists and medical professionals to determine how to apply artifi...

Case Western Reserve University bioengineer awarded $2.5 million from U.S. Army to boost nanotechnology for treating wounded soldiers and patients with bleeding defects The research arm of the U.S. Army has awarded Case Western Reserve University blood surrogate pioneer Anirban Sen Gupta a four-ye...

Finding suggests transmission between species may be possible In a new study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the structure of protein fibrils linked to a hereditary form of human prion disease. This insight, they say, reveals the mechanism for...

New Case Western Reserve University study suggests it just might Stress has been linked to all sorts of serious health issues, from insomnia to high blood pressure, obesity and even heart disease. But it’s generally acknowledged that some stress can also be helpful, like when someone’s chasing a wo...

There are many initiatives that work to address nutrition inequality; however, these programs are often not coordinated with other aspects of the local food system. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding an additional $1 million grant to Case Western Reserve University t...

Study will allow researchers to develop personalized precision medicine for treatment of IBD in this underrepresented minority patient population Gay men are more than twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than heterosexual men when both populations engage in high-risk sexual ...