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CLEVELAND - Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine demonstrated that nitrogen balance, the process of utilizing amino acids and disposing of their toxic byproducts, occurs with a precise 24-hour rhythm – also known as circadian rhythm – in mammals. Disruption of this cycle...

CLEVELAND - Today, the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø release new health data from Cleveland neighborhood groups on three of the most pressing public health concerns: obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. The three data briefs – statistical pu...

CLEVELAND - A study led by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of East London UK, and Swansea University UK, is the first to show the effects of the drug ecstasy on fetal and infant development. Ecstasy is a stimulant and hallucinogen, and is one...

CLEVELAND - A fundamental discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body’s natural circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Ventricular arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, are the most common cause of sudden cardiac...

CLEVELAND - Neuroscientists at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers’ findings, published in the journal Science, show that use of a drug in mice appears to quickly reverse the pat...

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...

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...

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 ...

CLEVELAND - 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 t...

CLEVELAND - 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....