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November 04, 2013
Burning mouth syndrome feels like a scalded mouth UPI: More is being learned about the mysterious burning mouth syndrome, oral pain that feels like a scalded mouth and effects two to five percent of the U.S. population, thanks to Andres Pinto, chairman and associate professor in the Department of…
November 04, 2013
Groundbreaking research presented at local symposium on girls The Plain Dealer: Sandra Russ, professor of psychology, presented her significant findings during the Center for Research on Girls at Laurel School’s biennial symposium. She found that students who displayed high levels of creativity…
October 31, 2013
Take steps to keep kids' eyes safe this Halloween USA Today: Every year, hundreds of adults and children are treated in emergency rooms because of eye injuries related to Halloween. In particular, consumers should not use cosmetic contact lenses for the occasion. "What happens to people's eyes…
October 31, 2013
A simple shower warning device that turns red when you’re in there too long Fast Company: Sprav, a smartly designed water meter to address the water and energy wasted in long showers, was invented by engineering students Craig Lewis and C.J. Valle, along with Cleveland Institute of Art…
October 31, 2013
A Berea candidate can blog freely for a while, according to a judge's ruling The Plain Dealer: This week, a judge refused to follow up a restraining order preventing Johanna Hamrick, who is running for city council president, from posting to her blog. Hamrick's legal team includes Rebecca…
October 31, 2013
Hospitals worry they'll be stuck with more bills under Obamacare's high-deductible plans Crain's Cleveland Business: With the prevalence of low-cost, high-deductible health insurance plans under the new federal health insurance policy, hospitals are concerned recipients will be unable to pay their…
October 31, 2013
More legal trouble for Affordable Care Act Los Angeles Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, is credited as one of the first to detect a potential legal glitch in the Affordable Care Act; one that critics say could cause it to unravel in more than half the nation.
October 30, 2013
CWRU researcher helping to establish National Sleep Research Resource Center The Plain Dealer: The National Institutes of Health selected the School of Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to receive a five-year, $7.7 million grant to establish the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute…
October 30, 2013
Housing conditions may affect how well children do in school The Plain Dealer: Claudia Coulton and Robert Fischer, co-directors of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, were awarded a two-year, $300,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to research how…
October 30, 2013
Government awards to develop co-robots, if funds availableUPI: The U.S. government has approved $2.4 million to the development of interactive robots to aid medical professionals. Under this grant, radiology professor Mark Griswold and alumna Natalia Gudino are developing a magnetic resonance…