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Opioids are not among the most effective—or longest lasting—options available for relief from acute dental pain, a new examination of the results from more than 460 published studies has found. Ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) alone or in combination with…

Case Western Reserve researcher investigates the role of innate immunity Across the world, more than 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90 percent of which happen in Africa. Children in Africa can be diagnosed with malaria two or three…

National Academy of Engineering conference comes to Case Western Reserve University May 24 Energy and engineering innovators at Case Western Reserve University—driven by a growing urgency to adapt and respond to global warming and their commitment to educate Northeast Ohio on scientific issues—are…

Reducing severity of PTSD symptoms long-term holds significant public-health and economic implications Both civilians and military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reap long-term benefits from psychotherapies used for short-term treatment, according to a new study from Case…

I-Corps@Ohio program aims to advance research into products for medical treatments or surgeries Four medical-technology research teams at Case Western Reserve University will participate in focused entrepreneurial training through I-Corps@Ohio, an Ohio Department of Higher Education initiative…

Property would be open for community use until long-term plans determined Nearly two years after Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Museum of Art launched their collaboration on the Nord Family Greenway, the institutions are partnering on another public landscape effort—this one…

Case Western Reserve named among The Hartwell Foundation's Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research Inborn errors of metabolism are rare single gene defects that involve mutations of enzyme proteins in key metabolic pathways. Many mutations are lethal to children at birth or in early childhood and…

Case Western Reserve University researchers engineer better way to insert more flexible neural implants into soft brain tissue Brain scientists face a dilemma: Conventional wire implants are rigid and can sometimes traumatize that sensitive, vital organ; but softer materials now being tested by…

Students, faculty and staff present their projects in daylong symposium The enormity of research undertaken at Case Western Reserve University, from biologically inspired robotics to augmented reality demonstrations, will cover the vast main floor of the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic…

Reflexion, Beauty and the Bolt lead Case Western Reserve contingent to Washington, D.C., consumer electronics demo before members of Congress Two of Case Western Reserve University’s most recognizable and successful student inventor-entrepreneurs will showcase their companies before members of the…