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Fulbright Program to bring CWRU professor to Poland to revolutionize radiation therapy
For most, Poland elicits thoughts of delicious pierogies, famous composers and trailblazing astronomers. For Agata Exner, PhD, it was once known as home but will soon gain a new meaning: a place to continue making strides in cancer research and radiation technology through cross-cultural…
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April 13, 2010
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine has received $7,942,500 in federal stimulus funds from the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), the state designated entity for health information exchange development. The funding will position CWRU School of Medicine as…
April 08, 2010
CLEVELAND—Maria Pagano, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has established an empirical model to quantify and gauge an alcohol addicts' level of engagement in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)-related helping (AAH). The instrument validity study,…
April 08, 2010
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Overall, sleep apnea more…
April 07, 2010
CLEVELAND—ase Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have identified a major indicator of two deadly diseases of the heart and blood vessels: heart failure and aortic aneurysm. The absence of the Kruppel-like Factor 15 (KLF15), when combined with stress, leads to both heart…
March 15, 2010
CLEVELAND - In a paradigm changing discovery, Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax)malaria has been identified in a population historically thought to be resistant to the disease, those who do not express the Duffy blood group protein on their red blood cells, according to researchers from Case Western…
March 01, 2010
CLEVELAND - One year post-surgery, patients who underwent Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) experienced greater cell loss overall compared to those who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), according to a new analysis of data collected from the Cornea Donor Study…