Health + Wellness
June 24, 2021
When Paul Ernsberger was a child, his parents gave him a chemistry set for his birthday. That gift sparked a passion that led to a more than 40-year career in science through which he helped shape understanding of blood pressure, blood glucose and obesity. After decades of contributions to the…
June 18, 2021
A new study led by Wendi O’Neill, DDS and Quintin Pan, PhD found that African-American patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) have significantly shorter overall survival than European-American OPSCC patients, even when the groups have similar access to medical care, according…
June 16, 2021
Valerie Vinson is the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center-supported clinical research navigator at University Hospitals Clinical Trials Unit at the Seidman Cancer Center. As a whole, she is tasked with increasing the number of patients, especially those of minority race and ethnicity, who enroll in…
June 16, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted delivery of key health services for children and adolescents, including HPV vaccination for cancer prevention
June 11, 2021
From University Hospitals: The University Hospitals (UH) Urology Institute is the first in Northeast Ohio to use a new technique to diagnose prostate cancer. The method allows the urologist to obtain a prostate biopsy with a much lower risk of introducing bacteria than the traditional transrectal…
June 10, 2021
I’m not the only one excited about students, faculty and staff returning to campus! I loaned my column to Lia Logio and Bud Isaacson, leaders at the HEC, to share their enthusiasm for students coming back to the Health Education Campus. Back to the HEC! …
June 08, 2021
Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood-pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood-pressure management—lowering systolic blood-pressure to less than 120 mm Hg—dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and death from these…
June 07, 2021
For alumni John (MED ‘86) and Catherine (CWR ‘77, NUR ‘81) Seibyl, collaboration and partnership go beyond their bond to each other. Thanks to a transformative $7.5 million commitment to Case Western Reserve University, it now extends to their respective schools in support of multidisciplinary…
June 04, 2021
As the new Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, Erika Trapl, PhD, strives to facilitate a bidirectional connection between Cancer Center research faculty and catchment-area community partners. The catchment area will inform research projects and, in turn, research will be used…