The good news for backers of the Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center is that the top local official with the project says it has secured lease agreements with 20 tenants.“We are fully completed or close to complete with 20 leases that account for about 46,000 square feet in the medical mart, which represents about [...]

A university-sponsored, incentive-driven wellness program for college students who want to avoid gaining the freshman 15. A smart inhaler that makes it easier for patients to monitor their asthma attacks. An all-in-one home-care assistance package for seniors.These ideas came from seniors at a Cleveland-area high school who are participating in their school’s business plan competition. [...]

The saying that the way to a man’s heart is through the stomach might be true in more ways than one. Diagnostics company LipoScience is developing a new cardiovascular disease test that would use gut flora as a biomarker for cardiovascular risks.The novel approach is based on research licensed from the Cleveland Clinic. Researchers there [...]

Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus accelerators that invest in healthcare startups are recipients of some of the $760,000 in new grant funds approved by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission this week.Shaker LaunchHouse in Shaker Heights will receive $200,000, Cincinnati initiative Innov8 for Health will receive $160,000 and 10xelerator in Columbus will get $200,000 to fund teams [...]

Health IT in Northeast Ohio could get a boost as life science initiative BioEnterprise introduces a new accelerator for emerging health technology companies. The Health IT Accelerator, announced today by BioEnterprise in partnership with a number of Cleveland healthcare, research, medical payer organizations, will offer mentorship, access to key customers, and business development and fundraising support for area healthcare IT companies with market-ready or in-market products and services.

University Hospitals Case Medical Center will be one of 25 institutions in the U.S. to take part in a phase 2 clinical trial of a stem cell treatment for stroke developed by Cleveland-based Athersys (NASDAQ:ATHX).The Plain Dealer reports that MultiStem will be administered via a one-time IV infusion to 140 patients at UH and the [...]

Public safety-net hospital MetroHealth System reported that its charitable foundation raised more money in 2011, $10.8 million, than in any previous year.That’s an impressive accomplishment for MetroHealth, considering that 2011 was a rough year for the hospital. MetroHealth was pummeled by the local press for a series of public relations gaffes and faced increasing scrutiny [...]

Two Cleveland medical research hotshots are teaming up in the lucrative quest to prevent traumatic brain, neck and spine injuries and create new strategies for concussion recovery, diagnosis and prevention.The Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University will form the Cleveland Traumatic Neuromechanics Consortium, the institutions announced Friday, pairing the Clinic’s talent in medical research, [...]

Public safety net hospital MetroHealth System lost $2.7 million last year, but hospitals officials are feeling optimistic about 2012 and are predicting a $10 million surplus.Recent trends have MetroHealth leaders feeling confident as they look toward the rest of this year: rising patient volume, a reduction in staffing expenses and an increase in outpatient services, [...]

Benjamin Spock died in 1998 and soon after that, his famous book has had one co-author: Dr. Robert Needlman.Needlman is a pediatrician at MetroHealth Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. He’s also a graduate of Yale Medical School and worked at Boston City Hospital. He’d been part of a [...]