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Case Western Reserve University researchers examine how social relationships affect depression, suicide and other issues African-Americans who regularly attend church are far less likely to suffer from mental-health issues, including depression and suicide, according to new research from Case…

A recent study published in American Psychiatric Association’s Psychiatric Services journal found previous research on youth hospitalizations associated with behavioral and mental disorders failed to adequately consider children exhibiting suicidality or self-harm. Previous studies assigned…

Case Western Reserve University is listed in the “Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2017” rankings compiled by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). Rankings were based on data from the United States Patent and…

Case Western Reserve astronomers find vast ionized hydrogen cloud in 'Whirlpool Galaxy' using ultra-sensitive Arizona telescope Astronomers have been keenly peering into M51, or the Whirlpool Galaxy, since the 1800s, its signature spiral structure informing the earliest debates over the nature of…

Finding may shed added light on, offer treatment hope for brain-wasting diseases Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion, a dramatic development in efforts to combat a devastating form of brain disease that has so far eluded…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found 45 percent of victims were at high risk for homicide and severe assault, in a one-year assessment Victims of domestic violence are at a high risk to be murdered—or a victim of attempted murder—according to a Cuyahoga County task force of…

As part of its Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress capped the personal deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000. Previously, there was no maximum deduction. Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law at Case Western Reserve University, said that despite claims to the…

$5 million gift launches Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing A $5 million gift from Marian and Michael Shaughnessy will create an academy at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing to develop and support a new…

Synthetic human prions accumulating in the brain of humanized transgenic mice. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion, a dramatic development in efforts to combat a devastating form of brain disease that has so far…

Researchers find circulating immune cells can worsen, rather than improve disease New research led by investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center suggests that the location of immune cells in the body determines whether they…