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Fear of confronting the tensions and conflicts brought on by existential concerns—the “big questions” of life—is linked with poorer mental health, including higher levels of depression, anxiety and difficulty regulating emotions, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study. Julie…

Few conditions underscore the importance of bedside manner quite like differences and disorders of sex development (DSD). Doctors faced with DSD patients must collaborate to recommend tailored and timely management plans covering medical, psychological, and social cofactors of the most intimate…

CWRU grad student will further develop his energy-saving fuel injector technology at Argonne National Laboratory He’s been recognized as a rising energy innovator in Forbes' “30 under 30” and honored at the White House as an emerging global entrepreneur by President Barack Obama. Next up for Case…

Odds are long for any application for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship—only about 7 percent are awarded. Even longer are the odds that two professors from the same department each receive one of the prestigious grants in the same year. Unlikely as it may be, Erin Benay and…

Case Western Reserve University receives third round of federal funding Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are scaling up a prototype iron-flow battery to provide cleaner and cheaper power when renewable energy sources are ebbing or demand is peaking. The battery would also efficiently…

Family members of the more than 10 million adults with bipolar disorder in the United States often see their own heath suffer from the demands of taking care of them. With a four-year, $2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, nurse scientists at Case Western Reserve University will…

Recent years have marked a dramatic transition from paper to electronic medical records. Simultaneously, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems allow for the creation of medical “big data”—massive collections of electronic data that can be used for medical research, public health initiatives and…

New book exposes consumer caveats in an expanding digital economy Buy a book at the bookstore and you own it. You can take it home, scribble in the margins, put in on the shelf, lend it to a friend, sell it at a garage sale. But is that true with e-books or other digital goods you buy? Retailers…

Psoriasis is well-known for causing too many skin cells on elbows, knees, and across the body, but people living with psoriasis may also be at an increased risk of heart disease. Effects of overactive immune cells in the skin can spread system-wide and inflame arteries, causing heart attacks and…

First Year Cleveland, in partnership with the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has selected Bernadette (Bernie) Kerrigan as the founding executive director of this recently established organization that will work to reduce infant mortality…