Health + Wellness

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October 29, 2024
With the rise of digital health tools and abundant online resources, we live in an era where healthcare information is more accessible than ever. This information is essential to navigate one’s health journey, but without an understanding of complex data and medical jargon, test results may prompt p...

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October 28, 2024
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within its “What Works in Schools” initiative, has awarded ϳԹ and 15 participating Cuyahoga County public school districts $1.8 million for health education.
A new partnership between ϳԹ’s Prev...

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October 24, 2024
Researchers at ϳԹ School of Medicine have found that, when compared to seven other anti-diabetic drugs, semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder tha...

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October 22, 2024
The National Institutes of Health awarded a four-year, $2.6 million grant to researchers at ϳԹ to study how high blood-pressure drugs affect patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
More specifically, they want to study whether such medications increase the risk of k...

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October 16, 2024
President Eric W. Kaler, left, and ϳԹ School of Dental Medicine Dean Kenneth B. Chance, DDS (DEN ’79), right, with Celebration of Philanthropy event attendees.
The School of Dental Medicine Celebration of Philanthropy was held on Friday, Sept. 20, in the Ambassador Ballroom at the newly renovat...

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October 15, 2024
With a new four-year, $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, researchers at ϳԹ are investigating a new approach to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in military veterans.
AML is the most common form of blood cancer in adults, and many patien...

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October 11, 2024
Case CCC Immune Oncology Program member, Amar Desai, PhD, has been awarded $100,000 in funding for one year from the Innovative Science Accelerator Program (ISAC) for his project Antihistamines to prevent age-associated hematopoietic decline. He aims to demonstrate that repurposing a well tolerated ...

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October 11, 2024
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the launch of the Digital Dentistry Transformation Project at our institution, spearheaded under the visionary leadership of Dean Kenneth Chance. This initiative represents a transformative shift in the way we approach dental education and clinical practi...

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October 11, 2024
Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, member of Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Program and Director of ϳԹ SOM's Preventive Medicine Residency Program, has received a $1.5M award from the National Cancer Institute to develop a first-of-its-kind, transportable informatics tool that will integrate patie...

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October 08, 2024
Research could lead to new discoveries in cancer medicine
With a new five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), researchers at ϳԹ will develop computer software to analyze and interpret complex genome data.
Analyzing ...