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Released: 29-Aug-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Melting Arctic Ice Revamping World’s Shipping Routes—Prompting China’s “Polar Silk Road” and New Investigation
Case Western Reserve University

Rising temperatures are melting the Arctic ice, opening new shipping routes and prompting world powers to jostle for access and control.

Released: 28-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Close Ties with Fathers Help Daughters Overcome Loneliness
Ohio State University

Fathers play a key role in helping their young daughters overcome loneliness, a new study has found.

27-Aug-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Novel Imaging Biomarker to Help Predict Coronary Inflammation
Cleveland Clinic

Munich, Germany: Researchers at Cleveland Clinic, University of Oxford and University of Erlangen have identified a novel imaging biomarker, which has been found to be able to predict all-cause and cardiac mortality by measuring inflammation of fatty tissue surrounding the coronary arteries.

Released: 27-Aug-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Algae a Threat to Walleye Vision, Study Finds
Ohio State University

Walleye and the fish they eat struggle to see in water clouded by algae, and that could potentially jeopardize the species’ future if harmful algal blooms persist, according to a new study.

Released: 24-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Stop Cell Suicide that Worsens Sepsis, Arthritis
Case Western Reserve University

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with multiple diseases, including sepsis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and arthritis. The findings, published in Science Immunology, identify a chemical that potently inhibits inflammatory cell death.

Released: 23-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Algal blooms a threat to small lakes and ponds, too
Ohio State University

Harmful algae isn’t just a problem for high-profile bodies of water – it poses serious, toxic threats in small ponds and lakes as well, new research has found.

Released: 23-Aug-2018 12:30 AM EDT
Scientists Close in on Mystery Surrounding Dangerous Blood Syndromes
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Scientists may be on the road to solving the mystery of a group of mostly incurable blood diseases called myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), which cause people to have immature, malfunctioning bone marrow cells that fuel a diverse set of health problems and can lead to leukemia. Researchers report in the journal Cancer Discovery identifying a gene that in laboratory experiments fuels the biological processes that cause the different types of MDS that physicians see in patients.

Released: 22-Aug-2018 4:05 PM EDT
University Hospitals Recruits Talented Geneticist to Join Harrington Discovery Institute
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Announcement of new genetics researcher, Atul Chopra, MD, PhD, for the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals.

21-Aug-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Clinic Researchers Discover Novel Subtype of Multiple Sclerosis
Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a new subtype of multiple sclerosis (MS), providing a better understanding of the individualized nature of the disease. The findings, published in The Lancet Neurology, could potentially lead to more personalized diagnosis and treatments.

Released: 21-Aug-2018 4:40 PM EDT
Graduate Student Digs Deep for Algae Solution
Bowling Green State University

BGSU graduate student Josephine Lindsey-Robbins is researching the role of “bugs” in composting dead plant material, turning it back into the soil and keeping its nitrogen and phosphorus in place. There, it can fertilize the soil instead of washing into lakes.

Released: 21-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
How the United States Landed in a Debt “Danger Zone”
Ohio State University

The interaction of public and private debt in the United States reduced economic growth about 0.43 percentage points per year between 2009 and 2014, a new study suggests. In addition, growth declined an additional 0.40 percent due solely to high levels of private debt, taking into account public debt.

   
21-Aug-2018 8:00 AM EDT
7 Percent of Children in Orthodontic Care at ‘High Risk’ for Sleep Disorders, According to New CWRU Research
Case Western Reserve University

A new study by Case Western Reserve researchers at the School of Dental Medicine found that about 7 percent of children between ages 9 and 17 in orthodontic care were at high risk for sleep-disordered breathing.

Released: 16-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Case Western Reserve Receives Major Grant to Improve Food Systems in Cleveland Neighborhoods
Case Western Reserve University

A multidisciplinary research team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a three-year, $936,000 grant to use collaborative computational modeling approaches to promote better community health through more equitable food systems.

Released: 15-Aug-2018 8:05 AM EDT
How Ugly Marital Spats Might Open the Door to Disease
Ohio State University

Married people who fight nastily are more likely to suffer from leaky guts – a problem that unleashes bacteria into the blood and can drive up disease-causing inflammation, new research suggests.

Released: 14-Aug-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Immune Cells in the Brain Have Surprising Influence on Sexual Behavior
Ohio State University

Immune cells usually ignored by neuroscientists appear to play an important role in determining whether an animal’s sexual behavior will be more typical of a male or female, according to research.

Released: 14-Aug-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Experts Recommend Talking with Youth about Suicide
Nationwide Children's Hospital

According to suicide prevention experts, asking a child directly about suicidal thoughts is usually the best thing a parent can do to help their child open up about their emotions. Even if their child is not struggling with suicide or depression, parents can model for their child that it is good to talk about serious emotional concerns with trusted adults and important to reach out to friends to have these conversations, too.

14-Aug-2018 12:05 AM EDT
U.S. News & World Report Once Again Names University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Among Nation’s Best Hospitals
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

In U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of the nation's hospitals, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center once again ranks among the best.

Released: 13-Aug-2018 3:45 PM EDT
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center Opens Car-T Therapy Study for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland has a new clinical trail to study the safety of CAR-T therapy for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In addition, UH is manufacturing on-site the cells used in the trial.

Released: 13-Aug-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Why zebrafish (almost) always have stripes
Ohio State University

A mathematical model helps explain the key role that one pigment cell plays in making sure each stripe on a zebrafish ends up exactly where it belongs.



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