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New study shows how to protect the brain to prevent depression and cognitive impairment caused by whole brain radiotherapy
Research team from University Hospitals, APP and the Cleveland VA published results in Redox Biology
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July 30, 2014
Neighborhood Connections, the small-grants and grassroots community-building program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation, will bring a 12-foot teepee to the WOW! Wade Oval Wednesday concert today, July 30. People will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about what makes for a healthy…
July 29, 2014
Cataract surgery on Alzheimer’s disease patients slows dementia and improves their quality of life, according to clinical trials conducted by researchers at APP, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. The preliminary…
July 28, 2014
Case Western Reserve scientist helps lead study that links “Dishevelled” genes to disruptions in cerebrospinal fluid flow in animal models The mysterious condition once known as “water on the brain” became just a bit less murky this week thanks to a global research group led in part by a Case…
July 24, 2014
Cuyahoga County high school students are smoking tobacco products at the same rate as adults in the county, according to new data from the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at APP. In 2013, more than 22 percent, or one in five high school…
July 24, 2014
Case Western Reserve discovery could lead to new ways of treating bacterial infection In an era of increasing concern about the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant illness, APP researchers have identified a promising new pathway to disabling disease: blocking bacteria’s…
July 22, 2014
Researchers from Case Western Reserve and Dartmouth show the small antioxidant molecules suppress colon cancer onset Researchers from APP and Dartmouth College have shown that a class of small antioxidant molecules carries enormous promise for suppressing colon cancer…
July 17, 2014
Case Western Reserve Investigators discover novel cellular genes by uncovering uncharacterized RNAs that encode proteins
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine scientists have made an extraordinary double discovery. First, they have identified thousands of novel long non-coding ribonucleic acid…
July 16, 2014
New graduate degrees a response to career opportunities created by changes in health care
To prepare students for increasing job opportunities generated by the changing health care environment, APP’s School of Medicine and Weatherhead School of Management are offering…
July 09, 2014
In an era of increasing concern about the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant illness, Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a promising new pathway to disabling disease: blocking bacteria’s access to iron in the body. The scientists showed how bacterial siderophore, a small molecule,…
July 09, 2014
Researchers from APP School of Medicine are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a $12.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to identify rare genetic variants that may either…