Results of employee health risk assessment are in
Last fall, Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff had the opportunity to complete a free, private Health...
Health & Wellness
CWRU nurse researchers find effort takes its toll on unpaid family caregivers
According to AARP, the annual cost of unpaid elder caregiving—a responsibility that falls primarily to family members—totals about...
Researchers find preterm labor therapy offers promise for inflammatory diseases
Magnesium sulfate is given to many pregnant women to treat preterm labor and preeclampsia, and it was recently...
Drug reverses abnormal brain function in Rett syndrome mice
A promising study out in the Journal of Neurosciences showed that in a mouse model of Rett syndrome,...
Study shows Alcoholics Anonymous participation promotes long-term recovery
A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others...
Case Western Reserve researchers create short-term memories in-vitro
Ben W. Strowbridge, professor of neurosciences and physiology/biophysics and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth-year MD/PhD student in the...
Researchers find body’s genetic material could aid regenerative medicine, cancer therapy
Some of the body’s own genetic material, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), can be packaged and then...
Mom’s emotional health, education linked to teen’s oral health, says CWRU dental study
A mother’s emotional health and education level during her child’s earliest years influence the child’s oral health at...
New oncogene identified for breast cancer that could lead to new treatments
Case Western Reserve University researchers have taken a dramatic step forward in the fight against cancer—all by starting...
School of Medicine researchers discover gene that permanently stops cancer cell proliferation
Imagine curing cancer without nausea, hair loss, swelling or any of the other maladies that can accompany chemotherapy...