Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Announce Program to Advance Discoveries by the Next Generation

Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announce the new Harrington-Medical Scientist Training Program (Harrington-MSTP), a two-year scholarship for Case Western Reserve...
17-Sep-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

University Hospitals Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine joins nationwide network of U.S. travel clinics

University Hospitals (UH) Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine has been accepted as the newest member of Global TravEpiNet, a 29-member network of travel clinics within the United States supported by the Centers for Disease Control in partnership...
4-Sep-2019 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center designs the cardiovascular center of the future

The new Center for Advanced Heart & Vascular Care (CAHVC) at University Hospitals in Cleveland and its Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute is one of the first cardiovascular centers in the world to co-locate an MRI, CT and robotically operated...
3-Sep-2019 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

University Hospitals awarded $1.2 million in aggregate from Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge for developing technology solution that helps mitigate the opioid epidemic

University Hospitals was awarded a $1 million grant from the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge for creating an innovative technology solution that helps health professionals in the fight against the opioid epidemic plaguing our communities. This...
27-Aug-2019 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Physician Leaders Call for Action to Create a New Generation of Physician-Scientists

In a perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine, a group of prominent physician-scientist leaders proposes a plan for increasing the number of physicians who conduct research looking for tomorrow’s breakthroughs and cures. They...
29-Jul-2019 4:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

U.S. News & World Report Again Names University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Among Nation’s Best Hospitals

News release about University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center being recognized as a Best Hospital for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report. UH Cleveland Medical Center ranked in eight of 12 adult specialties, two of them in the top 25. It is...
30-Jul-2019 12:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New study finds asthma medication inhibits changes in diabetic retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mouse model

Study found the asthma medication montelukast (brand name Singulair) can inhibit early changes in diabetic retinopathy, the eye disease which develops due to diabetes, in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes.
29-Jul-2019 1:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Standard TB tests may not detect infection in certain exposed individuals

Study identified nearly 200 people from 2500 households with active TB who were clearly exposed to TB for more than 10 years but found that the two most reliable TB tests (TST and IGRA) came back negative on repeated tests. Further research is...
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