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CLEVELAND - The �Ӱ���Ƶ/University Hospitals AIDS Clinical Trials Unit is now screening potential participants for a nationwide HIV vaccine clinical trial (HVTN505) being conducted by the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. The HIV vaccine trial is the first of its kind in Cleveland ...

CLEVELAND - Did you know that when you pick up a product promoted as trans fat free, you may still be ingesting a significant amount of this potentially harmful substance? An article by �Ӱ���Ƶ School of Medicine student Eric Brandt, published in the January/February 2011 iss...

CLEVELAND - The Departments of Pharmacology and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at �Ӱ���Ƶ School of Medicine have been awarded a $10.1 million grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI) to research and develop new treatments for diseases of the retina, a leading cause of ...

CLEVELAND - �Ӱ���Ƶ School of Medicine faculty members are reaping the rewards of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in the form of grants and contracts. The funding totals more than $6.4 million for four different research endeavors. Tackling Mycobacteriu...

CLEVELAND - A new finding out in the December 1st issue of Genes & Development offers insight into a new treatment avenue for two painful inflammatory diseases: Crohn’s Disease and sarcoidosis. While the loss of NOD2, the gene studied in the provoking article, increases the risk of developing Crohn’...

CLEVELAND - Cleveland’s childhood overweight and obesity rate is approximately 40 percent and show no sign of plateauing. A team of local researchers has set out to tackle the problem using a comprehensive and pioneering approach, which includes child and family behavioral interventions and partners...

CLEVELAND - Texting while driving can be a deadly combination for anyone. Yet, new data released today reveal that the dangers of excessive texting among teens are not limited to the road. Hyper-texting and hyper-networking are now giving rise to a new health risk category for this age group. Scott...

CLEVELAND – October 28, 2010 – Medical researchers say that the lack of clinical research volunteers is reaching crisis proportions and is rapidly becoming a major healthcare issue. In an effort to increase the health literacy in the Cleveland community, �Ӱ���Ƶ, through the ...

CLEVELAND - Fred C. Rothstein, MD, President, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, Dean, �Ӱ���Ƶ School of Medicine, announce the appointment of James Levine, MD, PhD, as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology in the Department of Medicine. ...

CLEVELAND - Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor and researcher in the department of biochemistry at the �Ӱ���Ƶ School of Medicine, has identified new anti-pathogenic drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) har...