Health + Wellness
April 27, 2012
CLEVELAND - Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly diseases. Researchers at ӰƵ School of Medicine have now discovered...
April 24, 2012
Negative thinking is a red flag for clinical depression. Stopping such thoughts early on can save millions of people from mental illness, according to a research study from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at ӰƵ.
Jaclene Zauszniewski, the Kate Hanna Harvey Pro...
April 19, 2012
While exercise is accepted universally as the most beneficial prescription physicians can write for patients, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that generate its widespread health benefits. Researchers from ӰƵ School of Medicine have shed light on this mystery by disco...
April 19, 2012
CLEVELAND - Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., was recently honored with an inaugural Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from an organization comprised of the nation's most acclaimed academic medical centers and other groups, in recognition of Dr. Hazen’s Nature article, “Gut flora dependent metabo...
April 16, 2012
Assistant professor of genetics and genome sciences and senior author Peter Scacheri
PhD candidate and lead author Batool Akhtar-Zaidi
A team of researchers at ӰƵ School of Medicine have identified a new mechanism by which colon cancer develops. By focusing on segment...
April 13, 2012
Is it OK to protest God’s actions—or inactions? This was the key question behind recent studies led by ӰƵ psychologist Julie Exline.
Many people report having a relationship with God, similar to those relationships in marriage, parenting or friendship. Through their stu...
April 09, 2012
CLEVELAND - A national consortium of researchers has published new findings that could change the standard of practice for those treating Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a disease characterized by cornea swelling that can eventually lead to the need for corneal transplantation. The Fuch...
April 09, 2012
CLEVELAND - While exercise is accepted universally as the most beneficial prescription physicians can write for patients, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that generate its widespread health benefits. Researchers from ӰƵ School of Medicine have shed light on this myst...
March 26, 2012
A new study from ӰƵ’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing emphasizes the importance of having discussions related to quality of life before becoming critically ill.
Barbara Daly and Sara Douglas led a research team that observed, taped and analyzed discussions from 1...
March 14, 2012
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods of ӰƵ recently released new health data from Cleveland neighborhood groups on three of the most pressing public health concerns: obesity, hypertension and diabetes.
The three data briefs—statistical public health ...