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CLEVELAND - Time can be important in an emergency department especially in a busy Level 1 Trauma Center like MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, when getting patients appropriate care is essential. However, when the quality of an emergency department is judged by a patient’s length of stay, tim...

A spoonful of medicine goes down a lot easier if there is a dog or cat around. Having pets is helpful for women living with HIV/AIDS and managing their chronic illness, according to a new study from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. “We think this findin...

A common oral bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum, acts like a key that opens a door in human blood vessels and leads the way for it and other bacteria like Escherichia coli to invade the body through the blood and make people sick, according to dental researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. ...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Dental Medicine researchers found the human body is better at fighting gum disease when fat cells, which trigger inflammation, disappear. The findings come from a pilot study of 31 obese people with gum disease. Half of the group with an average body mass i...

Investigators at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine received a $6.75 million Program Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study the role of innate immunity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For years, scientists have f...

CLEVELAND - Investigators at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine received a $6.75 million Program Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study the role of innate immunity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For years, scient...

A mutation on the surface of human red blood cells provides protection against malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax, research led by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine shows. The minute change, at a single position of red blood cell surface protein called the Duffy blood-...

CLEVELAND - A mutation on the surface of human red blood cells provides protection against malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax, research led by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine shows. The minute change, at a single position of red blood cell surface protein called the ...

One of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer’s disease—loss of sense of smell—can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease, a study led by a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine researcher finds. The study confirms that the protein,...

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has received a $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study sleep apnea as a possible cause of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most commonly diagnosed type of arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm. AF is char...