Health + Wellness

Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing had a strong showing at the 2021 annual conference for the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS). The school had eight award winners and more than 15 faculty and student presentations at the virtual event in late March. One of the stand...

Case Western Reserve University-developed imaging agent for MRI prostate cancer detection gets FDA approval for safety trials, set to begin this month in Columbus The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved human clinical trials to test the safety of cancer-detection technology developed at ...

Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and other institutions detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus—a ...

Researchers find that a single esophageal brushing, combined with massively parallel sequencing, can identify Barrett’s esophagus patients with disease progression to precancerous cells or carcinoma A new technique for sampling and testing cells from Barrett’s esophagus (BE) patients could result i...

From University Hospitals: In a Correspondence article published in yesterday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, found a substantial reduction in ...

In light of the pandemic’s global impact, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) placed the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the forefront of its research focus. This initiative, led by research faculty, was organized and facilitated by the critical work of faculty at CWRU and across our affiliates....

While working as a special agent in counterintelligence for the U.S. Air Force (USAF), Stormy Stan changed course to make a greater impact on people’s lives. She decided to pursue medicine and enrolled in the School of Medicine’s PRIME (Post-baccalaureate Readiness Instruction for bioMedical Educati...

With a focus on diversity, inclusiveness and equity, the 2021 Education Retreat, Diversity and Inclusion in Education, hosted over 300 attendees from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, School of Nursing and the four affiliate hospitals: Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, Universi...

by Zoe Perrier, graduate student in the Department of Psychological Sciences, and Adrianne Fletcher, assistant professor and assistant dean for diversity and inclusion at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Regarding hesitancy toward the COVID-19 vaccine, about half...

Researchers collaborate on genetic study of SARS-CoV-2 mutations Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, mutations of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—have spread to the U.S. and a host of other countries worldwide. Recent studies suggest that current COVID-19 variants are up to 70% more...