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Released: 2-Oct-2017 2:05 PM EDT
The Root Cause Coalition Hosts National Summit on Social Determinants of Health
Root Cause Coalition

Two-day national event in Louisville, Kentucky Oct. 9-10 hosted by The Root Cause Coalition focusing on “how” communities and organizations can address basic needs to improve community and individual health and well-being.

27-Sep-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers Get First Look at Electrons Escaping Atoms
Ohio State University

In the journal Nature Physics, researchers report taking a first step toward controlling electrons’ behavior inside matter—and thus the first step down a long and complicated road that could eventually lead to the ability to create new states of matter at will.

Released: 28-Sep-2017 7:45 AM EDT
Creation of New Financial Product Aims to Solve "Valley of Death" for Promising Energy Technologies
Case Western Reserve University

With a DOE grant, two professors will create a new investment tool to manage risk and catalyze funding at critical stages for energy companies

27-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT
Study Explores the Biology of Mending a Broken Heart
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Early research results suggest scientists might be on to a way to preserve heart function after heart attacks or for people with inherited heart defects called congenital cardiomyopathies. Researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute report Sept. 28 in Nature Communications that after simulating heart injury in laboratory mouse models, they stopped or slowed cardiac fibrosis, organ enlargement and preserved heart function by blocking a well-known molecular pathway.

26-Sep-2017 11:55 AM EDT
Case Western Reserve University Researchers Design Soft, Flexible Origami-Inspired Robot
Case Western Reserve University

A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer space.

Released: 25-Sep-2017 8:15 AM EDT
Walmart, as Channeled Through the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Proves Fertile Ground for Fiction
Case Western Reserve University

Like its Egyptian namesake, The Walmart Book of the Dead contains spells and illustrations (albeit as descriptive passages), using them to craft a loose narrative in short chapters centered around a different character; there's a shoplifter, circuit court judge, hustler and, of course, a greeter.

25-Sep-2017 5:00 AM EDT
MRI Contrast Agent Locates and Distinguishes Aggressive From Slow-Growing Breast Cancer
Case Western Reserve University

A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates between aggressive and slow-growing types.

21-Sep-2017 9:30 AM EDT
Spider Silk, Sea Cucumber Skin, Squid Beak and Pine Cones as Models For "Soft-Sided" Robots?
Case Western Reserve University

With a new $5.5 million, five-year federal grant, a Case Western Reserve University researcher is leading an international team to develop functional materials inspired by some of the most desirable substances found in nature. The bioinspired materials produced in the project will be tested in soft-sided robots, but are expected to have a wide range of practical uses.

Released: 21-Sep-2017 7:05 AM EDT
ProMedica Headquarters Grand Opening
ProMedica

ProMedica, an Ohio-based health system, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of ProMedica Headquarters in downtown Toledo. It marked the end of three and half years of planning and construction to consolidate approximately 1,000 system employees from more than 25 buildings on a single campus.

Released: 21-Sep-2017 7:05 AM EDT
ProMedica Headquarters Grand Opening
ProMedica

ProMedica, an Ohio-based health system, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of ProMedica Headquarters in downtown Toledo. It marked the end of three and half years of planning and construction to consolidate approximately 1,000 system employees from more than 25 buildings on a single campus.

Released: 20-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
When Residents Take Charge of Their Rainforests, Fewer Trees Die
Ohio State University

When the government gives citizens a personal stake in forested land, trees don’t disappear as quickly and environmental harm slows down.

Released: 19-Sep-2017 12:05 PM EDT
What Web Browsers and Proteins Have in Common
Ohio State University

Researchers in the United States and Germany have just discovered a previously overlooked part of protein molecules that could be key to how proteins interact with each other inside living cells to carry out specialized functions.

Released: 19-Sep-2017 10:00 AM EDT
Scientists Identify Key Regulator of Male Fertility
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

When it comes to male reproductive fertility, timing is everything. Now scientists are finding new details on how disruption of this timing may contribute to male infertility or congenital illness.

Released: 18-Sep-2017 2:00 PM EDT
Reliance on ‘Gut Feelings’ Linked to Belief in Fake News
Ohio State University

People who tend to trust their intuition or to believe that the facts they hear are politically biased are more likely to stand behind inaccurate beliefs, a new study suggests.

Released: 18-Sep-2017 8:05 AM EDT
Testing the Digital Delivery of Ways to Reduce MS-Related Fatigue Nets $4.9 Million Award
Case Western Reserve University

With geographic barriers limiting treatment options for many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) , a Case Western Reserve University researcher will use a new $4.9 million award to test online- and teleconference-based adaptations of methods that reduce fatigue and improve quality of life when delivered in person.

Released: 18-Sep-2017 8:05 AM EDT
Paramount Health Care Signs Deal to Acquire Indiana-Based Dental Benefit Provider
ProMedica

Paramount has signed an agreement to acquire Indiana-based dental benefit provider Dental Health Options by Health Resources, Inc. (HRI).

Released: 14-Sep-2017 8:05 AM EDT
CVS Pharmacy to Acquire Select ProMedica Outpatient Pharmacies
ProMedica

CVS Pharmacy and ProMedica will work together to ensure patients experience a seamless transition of care.

Released: 13-Sep-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Regular Exercise, Stress Can Both Make a Big Difference in Lupus, Study Finds
Ohio State University

Waking up in the morning with the joint pain, swelling and stiffness that accompanies lupus doesn’t exactly inspire a workout. But research in mice and a related pilot study in humans are showing how regular activity and stress reduction could lead to better health in the long run.

Released: 13-Sep-2017 12:05 PM EDT
UH Launches Single Sign on Technology for Clinicians
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals clinicians are the first in Northeast Ohio to have access to the Community Health Record through CliniSync’s single sign on technology, making access to critical information from other health care facilities more efficient and timely than ever before.

Released: 13-Sep-2017 8:00 AM EDT
Want to Rebound From Failure? Feel the Pain
Ohio State University

Feeling the pain of failure leads to more effort to correct your mistake than simply thinking about what went wrong, according to a new study.

   


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