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Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood-pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood-pressure management—lowering systolic blood-pressure to less than 120 mm Hg—dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and death from these…

With five-year, $6.4M grant from National Eye Institute of NIH About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death. The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, but through continuous…

Will serve as chair and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, pending board approval Stephanie Teal has been appointed obstetrician and gynecologist-in-chief for University Hospitals and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have identified a potential new approach to better controlling epileptic seizures. Lin Mei, professor and chair of the Department of Neurosciences at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, who led the new study in mouse models, said the team found…

The Ohio Nurses Foundation announced on May 10 that a team led by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University would lead a multi-university research project on moral injury in nursing. The…

Case Western Reserve University scientists show that artificial intelligence tools can work effectively for different locations, populations For artificial intelligence (AI) to realize its full potential to benefit cancer patients, researchers will have to prove that their machine-learning…

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist pilot program is innovative collaboration among four universities; aimed at reaching wider range of students As National Nurses Week continues, Case Western Reserve University is pleased to announce a new avenue by which qualifying nurses can advance their…

Findings provide clues to how toxic proteins clump and spread Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have determined the structure of protein “fibrils” linked to Lou Gehrig’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders—findings that provide clues to how toxic proteins…

Case Western Reserve University-developed imaging agent for MRI prostate cancer detection gets FDA approval for safety trials, set to begin this month in Columbus The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved human clinical trials to test the safety of cancer-detection technology developed at…

Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and other institutions detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus—a…