Speaking of NEC is a series of one-on-one conversations with relevant NEC experts—neonatologists, clinicians and researchers—that highlights current prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for NEC, and the search for a cure.
Half a century ago, a concentrated global effort nearly wiped a disfiguring tropical disease from the face of the earth. Now, says Case Western Reserve’s James W. Kazura, MD, it’s time to complete the work.
Across much of the Western world, 25 years of expansion of the medical system has actually led to people feeling less healthy over time, a new study has found.
Cardiovascular researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have shown that a protein known as MG53 is not only present in kidney cells, but necessary for the organ to repair itself after acute injury.
GenomeNext, LLC, a leader in genomic data management and integrated analysis, announced today that, through the “Intel Heads In The Clouds Challenge on Amazon Web Services (AWS)” with support from JHC Technology, and in conjunction with Nationwide Children’s Hospital, has benchmarked whole genome sequencing analysis at an unprecedented 1,000 genomes per day.
Results of a clinical trial announced today at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session show a new type of therapy is safe and effective for symptomatic advanced heart failure patients who are already receiving optimum drug and device therapy. The study also published in JACC Heart Failure.
Members of the U.S. Congress really do have the power to persuade their constituents in several different ways, according to a first-of-its kind national study.
The Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has health professionals available to answer your call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-222-1222.
Case Western Reserve researchers are part of an international team that has discovered that Valacyclovir reduces HIV-1 levels — even when patients do not have herpes. Results were published online in Clinical Infectious Disease.
National Committee for Quality Assurance Patient-Centered Medical Home™ standards emphasize enhanced care through patient-clinician partnership
Case Western Reserve scientists have discovered that speed matters when it comes to how messenger RNA (mRNA) deciphers critical information within the genetic code — the complex chain of instructions critical to sustaining life. The investigators’ findings, which appear in the March 12 journal Cell.
When it comes to buying things, our brains can’t see the big, black-and-white forest for all the tiny, colorful trees. That’s the conclusion of a study at The Ohio State University, which found that people who were shown product images in color were more likely to focus on small product details—even superfluous ones—instead of practical concerns such as cost and functionality.
Case Western Reserve University nurse scientist Amy Zhang, who has long examined quality-of-life issues in cancer patients, wondered whether depression in African-American cancer patients has been under-recognized for treatment.
Children whose parents think they’re God’s gift to the world do tend to outshine their peers – in narcissism.
The adolescent and young-adult suicide rate in the United States was almost twice as high in rural settings than in urban areas between 1996 and 2010, and new research suggests that the gap appears to be widening.
The Ethisphere Institute has named the University Hospitals health system in Northeast Ohio to its 2015 World's Most Ethical Company list. UH was recognized for its programs in five key categories: ethics and compliance, corporate citizenship and responsibility, culture of ethics, governance and leadership, innovation and reputation.
A new Make Safe Happen app, now available for free on both iOS and Android, aims to help parents make their home safer. Parents can learn as they go with customized room-to-room safety checklists and links to safety products for the home.
Without the Bahamas mosquitofish to eat, bigmouth sleepers slide down the food chain and survive on insects, snails and crustaceans. And, in so doing, sleepers’ behaviors, ratio of males to females and physical appearance change, too.
With a two-year option license agreement from Case Western Reserve University’s Technology Transfer Office, Apollo Medical Devices LLC plans to further advance toward commercialization a point-of-care blood tester.
Raising the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 would save lives by preventing adolescents from ever taking up smoking, a new report suggests. The minimum age to buy tobacco products in most of the country is 18.
New research published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry indicates a strong link between subthreshold manic episodes and likelihood of developing bipolar disorder in children of parents with bipolar disorder. The study’s findings could improve clinical assessment and care for these high-risk children by potentially enabling earlier identification, treatment or possible preventive measures.
A new standardized approach for feeding infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) helps babies attain full oral feeds sooner, improves their growth and sends them home sooner. The guidelines, developed by clinician-scientists at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, also reduces the cost of care for these babies by shortening their stays in the NICU by as much as two weeks.
A newly evolved Arts Management and Entrepreneurship program integrates the artistic, business and entrepreneurship education that best prepares students for career success.
Cardiovascular risks of severe pediatric obesity, assessed among adolescents participating in the “Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery” (Teen-LABS) study, were published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.
A study published recently in the IBD Journal found significant differences in hospital readmissions, medication usage, and both medical and surgical complications of children with Crohn’s disease related to race. In the study, black children had a 1.5 times higher frequency of hospital readmissions because of Crohn’s disease compared to white children.
The research demonstrates that administering both low and high doses of ketamine induced a neuroprotective protein, ADNP, in cortical neurons. High doses of ketamine altered the ability of an axon to find its proper target despite the presence of ADNP, whereas low doses of ketamine appeared beneficial.
Starting in the fall 2015, business analytics is one of two new concentrations that will be offered in the evolved MBA program.
The avatars in the Virtual Patient Project give medical students life-like practice in interviewing patients, delving into health histories and narrowing possible diagnoses. These avatars were created to not just talk to students, but to show emotions in their facial expressions.
In a new study, 221 college students participated in an online chat room in which they watched a fellow student get “bullied” right before their eyes. Only 10 percent of the students who noticed the abuse directly intervened, either by confronting the bully online or helping the victim.
UH’s new Center for Lifelong Health incorporates the senior care services currently available at UH locations across Northeast Ohio into one comprehensive program. It will offer specialized health care services, social opportunities and educational programming.
Laundry detergent pods became available on the US market in 2010 and are easy to use. These pods contain highly concentrated detergents wrapped in a thin film that easily dissolves in water. The appeal and design of laundry detergent pods has already resulted in many reported poisonings among children.
Every winter the snow and ice cover our sidewalks and we scatter salt to make the walkways safer. However, there are risks to the health or our ids and pets if they accidentally ingest the salt.
Many of the most serious and potentially fatal poisonings reported in children occur by the ingestion of medication. Approximately half of the poisonings in the USA occur in children 6 years or younger.
The objectives of these GLP US EPA OPPTS 970.3800 and 970.3700 studies were to examine the effects of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) at oral doses of 10, 100 or 1000 mg/kg bw/day over the course of 2 generations on growth as well as behavioral, neurological and neuropathologic functions in offspring.
A new study published in Pediatrics demonstrates the cost-saving and health care quality outcomes of the pediatric Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Partners for Kids. Results of this study indicate that Partners for Kids successfully improved the value of pediatric healthcare over time through cost containment, while maintaining quality of care.
A study published recently by researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, found 10 percent of adolescents sent to a Sleep Center for evaluation of excessive daytime sleepiness with testing results consistent with narcolepsy had urine drug screens positive for marijuana.
Douglas R. Lowy, MD, is the recipient of the second annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine. He is an oncology researcher and chief of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology and deputy director of the NCI. The prize honors a physician-scientist who has moved science forward with achievements notable for innovation, creativity and potential for clinical application.
Case Western Reserve University is launching five online engineering master's, designed for professionals to complete the degree remotely within two years. The new programs offer a Master of Engineering, and Master of Science degrees in biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering and systems and control engineering.
From China to Austria to northwest Ohio,the problem of toxic algal blooms is one that affects millions of people across the world. Last summer, toxic algae in Lake Erie forced the city of Toledo to issue a “do not drink” advisory that affected over 500,000 people in the region.
If it seems like more women are choosing to live with a partner instead of get married, you’re right. According to researchers at the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University, the percentage of women who have cohabitated with someone has almost doubled over the past 25 years.
Despite the prevalence of Sjögren’s syndrome – an autoimmune disease most commonly known for causing dry eyes and mouth - a lack of knowledge about how the condition starts has stalled the development of new treatments. Researchers have now developed a specialized animal model of Sjögren’s that engrafts human cells into mice, allowing scientists to track various factors that affect disease development and discover potential new therapies.
A researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues will investigate whether gut leakage leads to the disease and malfunction of vital organs commonly found in HIV patients, whether drug abuse exacerbates the problem, how to fix the leaks and whether gut repair improves overall health.
Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center are teaming with medical device-makers Medtronic and Ardiem Medical, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the universities of Chicago and California at San Francisco, and the Providence VA’s Ocean State Research Institute to speed development of a mobile prosthetic system that can provide a sense of touch to amputees outside the lab.
Researchers have uncovered the earliest evidence of widespread, human-produced air pollution in South America--from the Spanish conquest of the Inca.
New research suggests that liberals, as well as conservatives, can be biased against science that doesn’t align with their political views.
It’s the hottest topic among allergy experts. It’s showing up more and doctors don’t yet know why. Allergy specialists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are seeing more people with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an inflammatory response in the esophagus that makes it hard to swallow food.
Researchers have determined that two mutations on a single gene can interact in a way that lowers the carrier’s risk for a heart attack.
The first people to walk across the original Millennium Bridge may have been unnerved when it began to sway, but the bridge was actually doing them a favor: the swaying enabled them to walk the distance with 5 percent less effort, a new study shows.
A new study suggests that confidence in government may play a key role in the public’s willingness to get at least some vaccines.
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