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Heart Disease Severity May Depend on Nitric Oxide Levels
The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study out of ϳԹ School of Medicine. Researchers showed that nitric oxide may help commonly used heart drugs maximize their benefits while improving heart fun...
Students “Learn to Beat Cancer” at ϳԹ School of Medicine Events
Cleveland Metropolitan School District middle school students have been attending various “Learn to Beat Cancer” events at ϳԹ School of Medicine to help spark their interest in science and scientific research. The final event of the year took place this past weekend on S...
Heart Disease Symptoms Improved by Blocking Immune Cell Migration
New research led by investigators at ϳԹ School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center suggests that the location of immune cells in the body determines whether they help or harm the development of heart disease. The study supports the view that the...
AACR 2018 Annual Meeting Recap
A study by Eswar Shankar, PhD, found that combining two prostate cancer medications was more effective at killing cancer cells than giving them independently, opening the door to uncovering novel treatment paths. More than 22,000 research scientists from around the world gathered in Chica...
How do Children Develop Immunity to Malaria as they Become Older?
Katherine Dobbs, MD Across the world, over 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90 percent of which happen in Africa. Children in Africa can be diagnosed with malaria two or three times a year, a rate that decreases as they becom...
Obesity is Shifting Cancer to Young Adults
A ϳԹ School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis describes how obesity has shifted certain cancers to younger age groups, and intensified...
ϳԹ School of Medicine Ranked One of the Top 25 Medical Schools in Nation, U.S. News & World Report
ϳԹ School of Medicine is ranked #25 of all research-oriented medical schools in the nation and #1 in Ohio, according to the annual ranking of graduate schools released today by U.S. News & World Report. “This recognition is testimony to the outstanding quality of our fa...
ϳԹ School of Medicine Named #1 Medical School in Ohio by U.S. News & World Report
ϳԹ School of Medicine has been named the #1 medical school in Ohio, according to the annual ranking of graduate schools released today by U.S. News & World Report. The school was also ranked 25thof all research-oriented medical schools nationally. “This recognition is ...
Quintupling Inhaler Medication May Not Prevent Asthma Attacks in Children
Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the first signs of an asthma exacerbation, according to clinical trial results published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers found short-term increases in inhaled stero...
Students Find Their Perfect “Match”
At exactly noon on Friday, March 16, medical students nationwide–including those from ϳԹ School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of ϳԹ–learned which hospitals accepted them as resident physicians for the next three to seven years. The Nation...