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Behind the Eyes of Dexter Davis Cleveland Magazine: Dexter Davis has worked as a security guard at the Cleveland Museum of Art for nearly 20 years, and he also is a contemporary artist whose extremely personal paintings sell for thousands. “Clearly, there’s an internal need that his art is fulfilli...

Psoriasis patients more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease News Track India: Researchers have discovered evidence that psoriasis leads to cardiovascular disease. "This discovery is paradigm shifting. There has been a link between the two diseases but to date we had not been able to show cause,” s...

TIME’s breast-feeding cover sparks debate Fox 8: A recent cover of TIME Magazine shows a 26-year-old mother breast-feeding her almost 4-year-old son for an article about attachment parenting. Robert Needlman, associate professor of pediatrics, said the issue is not with the article but rather the i...

Pfizer’s arthritis pill backed by U.S. FDA advisory panel Bloomberg Businessweek: An expert advisory panel recommended U.S. regulators approve Pfizer Inc.’s experimental drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Though the pill does raise safety concerns, “This is as good as is possible at this stage in ...

A shield against chemotherapy Science: By inserting a mutated gene, P140K, into cancer patients, researchers have found a way to protect them from chemotherapy’s side effects and boost their odds of surviving glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. Stan Gerson, professor of me...

With Lorktech, Case students poised to enter growing flexible electronics market Fresh Water Cleveland: Engineering student Mark Lorkowski and his partners at Lorktech have developed an electronic shelf display that is powered solely by ambient light and can be updated remotely using an integrated ...

FDA advisers rebuff Regeneron gout drug Reuters: A panel of outside experts to the FDA, including David Blumenthal, assistant professor of medicine, unanimously voted against an experimental drug to prevent gout flares, based on trials that tested the drug for only 16 weeks. “A lot of the patients ...

Studies shed light on ‘twice exceptional’ students Education Week: New studies on “twice-exceptional students”—intellectually gifted children also diagnosed with learning disabilities—highlight the need for educators to take an earlier, more holistic approach to evaluating and teaching students wit...

Cuyahoga County defends Joe D'Ambrosio lawsuit The Plain Dealer: Joe D’Ambrosio spent two decades on death row after being convicted of killing Tony Klann, but he was freed two years ago after a judge found prosecutors withheld evidence. His lawyers filed a civil case against the city and county th...

Infertility treatments may raise birth defect risk WebMD: A new study found that babies born after the use of certain infertility treatments have a higher risk of birth defects than babies born to couples with no history of infertility. “People who receive [assisted reproductive technology] are hav...