Health + Wellness

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April 23, 2025
Can this simple practice keep you from getting sick? Or is it a waste of laundry?
I have a bit of a routine that I only recently realized might not be the norm for everyone.
In short, I have dedicated “outside clothes” and “inside clothes.” I can’t imagine lounging around the house in the same clo...

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April 23, 2025
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of the ϳԹ School of Medicine
Member, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director of classical hematology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
Director of physician-scientist deve...

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April 22, 2025
Class Year: 2025
Program: Master of Nursing
After spending years researching spider brains, conducting bone marrow transplants in mice and even swimming with sharks, Brittany Cordova felt like something was missing.
“I realized I wanted a career that allowed for...

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April 22, 2025
To our School of Medicine community,
On behalf of ϳԹ School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Hovmand as director of the Center for Community Health Integration.
Peter Hovmand, the Pamela B. Davis MD PhD Professor of Medicine, is an inter...

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April 17, 2025
To our School of Medicine community,
On behalf of ϳԹ School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Darin Croft as chair for the Department of Anatomy. I want to thank Clifford Harding for being interim chair for the Department of Anatomy for so many ...

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April 16, 2025
To our School of Medicine community,
I am writing to share the sad news that ϳԹ longtime professor, endocrinologist and researcher, Douglas Kerr, MD, PhD (MED ‘65, GRS ‘65), died Wednesday, April 2, at the age of 88.
Dr. Kerr dedicated more than 40 years to med...

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April 14, 2025
Every April, communities across the country observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month—a time dedicated to raising public understanding of sexual violence, supporting survivors and promoting prevention efforts.
An important component of this work—at ϳԹ and beyond—is dispell...

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April 11, 2025
It's possible to become a registered nurse in as little as two years, but there are several routes into this fast-paced, rapidly evolving career. They all start with nursing school, and they all require passing the National Council Licensure Examination, or NCLEX.
The study of nursing takes a compr...

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April 10, 2025
U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings, which were released in early April, show the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at ϳԹ slipped overall but gained in several speciality programs.
Following widespread critiques of the criteria used in develop...

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April 10, 2025
The American Public Health Association is marking the 30th anniversary of National Public Health Week, April 7–13. The Daily sat down with a School of Medicine Master of Public Health student whose work preventing overdoses earned statewide attention.
For Maggie Urban-Waala, the fight against addic...