Health + Wellness
January 10, 2011
CLEVELAND - The ӰƵ/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…
January 03, 2011
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 ӰƵ School of Medicine student Eric Brandt, published in the January/February 2011…
December 28, 2010
CLEVELAND - The Departments of Pharmacology and Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at ӰƵ 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…
December 07, 2010
CLEVELAND - ӰƵ 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…
November 30, 2010
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…
November 15, 2010
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…
November 09, 2010
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…
October 29, 2010
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, ӰƵ, through the…
October 06, 2010
CLEVELAND - Fred C. Rothstein, MD, President, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, Dean, ӰƵ School of Medicine, announce the appointment of James Levine, MD, PhD, as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology in the Department of Medicine.…
September 16, 2010
CLEVELAND - Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor and researcher in the department of biochemistry at the ӰƵ School of Medicine, has identified new anti-pathogenic drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)…