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Medical schools may be solving primary care doctor shortage

Medical schools may be solving primary care doctor shortage

March 20, 2011 10:22 am by | 3 Comments

I sometimes observe that the only sector of the economy as messed up as health care is higher education, where the US has some great institutions but where costs are ... Read more
Minnesota has much to lose from possible NIH funding cuts

Minnesota has much to lose from possible NIH funding cuts

March 7, 2011 3:07 pm by | 0 Comments

Minnesota has more to lose from possible National Institutes of Health budget cuts than its population size would suggest, with the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic bringing in hundreds ... Read more
Next medical school, CME assignment: Read Shannon Brownlee’s ’Overtreated’

Next medical school, CME assignment: Read Shannon Brownlee’s ’Overtreated’

February 13, 2011 10:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Healthcare reform is just a recent buzzword. But there are some people who have for years seen the real reason why medicine is broken. Shannon Brownlee's book that looks at ... Read more
Healthcare social media meets medical school (starting with hashtag #epquiz)

Healthcare social media meets medical school (starting with hashtag #epquiz)

January 30, 2011 1:27 pm by | 0 Comments

Is social media the solution when it comes to getting residents to remember clinically relevant concepts in medical school and internship? Not every topic can fit in a 140-character "Tweet." ... Read more
Case Western gets $7.8M grant to study children’s bipolar disease

Case Western gets $7.8M grant to study children’s bipolar disease

January 25, 2011 3:02 pm by | 0 Comments

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $7.8 million federal grant to continue a long-term study into bipolar disorders in children. ... Read more
Athersys stem cells show promise in treating spinal injury, study shows

Athersys stem cells show promise in treating spinal injury, study shows

January 19, 2011 10:52 am by | 0 Comments

Stem cell company Athersys completed a study showing its technology could hold therapeutic benefits in treating spinal cord injuries. Researchers found that administering Athersys' MultiStem technology to rodents with spinal ... Read more
Medical residents: Pay your taxes (Morning read)

Medical residents: Pay your taxes (Morning read)

January 12, 2011 8:35 am by | 0 Comments

Among today's current medical news: medical students must pay social security; good news (we think) on healthcare salaries; Lilly's diabetes partnership; a tribute to medical innovation; and a Merck diabetes ... Read more
Case Western Reserve gets $10M grant to study retinal disease

Case Western Reserve gets $10M grant to study retinal disease

December 28, 2010 2:36 pm by | 0 Comments

Case Western Reserve University has received its largest-ever grant for eye research -- $10 million over five years to study retinal disease. ... Read more
Alzheimer’s disease researcher Mark Smith dies in hit-and-run

Alzheimer’s disease researcher Mark Smith dies in hit-and-run

December 20, 2010 9:28 pm by | 2 Comments

Alzheimer's disease researcher Mark Smith, CWRU School of Medicine professor, was considered a "renegade researcher" for the way he challenged drug companies' assumptions and other conventional wisdom on Alzheimer's. But ... Read more
NEOUCOM cuts 8 workers, plans to add more for strategy’s sake

NEOUCOM cuts 8 workers, plans to add more for strategy’s sake

November 10, 2010 10:44 am by | 0 Comments

In what it's calling a strategic -- and not financial -- move, the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) has laid off eight workers. NEOUCOM has also ... Read more
Geron uses embryonic stem cells for paralysis (Morning Read)

Geron uses embryonic stem cells for paralysis (Morning Read)

October 12, 2010 8:42 am by | 2 Comments

Geron Corp. used a therapy made from stem cells taken from human embryos to treat a patient paralyzed by a spinal-cord injury in the first U.S.-authorized test of the controversial ... Read more
NEOUCOM moving forward with 77,000-square-foot research facility

NEOUCOM moving forward with 77,000-square-foot research facility

October 8, 2010 11:55 am by | 0 Comments

The Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy is moving forward with plans for a 77,000-square-foot research facility on its Rootstown campus after a state board gave the ... Read more
Summa Physicians hires first chief medical officer

Summa Physicians hires first chief medical officer

October 6, 2010 12:03 pm by | 0 Comments

Summa Physicians Inc. has named a longtime leader from the region's medical school to serve in the newly created position of chief medical officer. Dr. Jay Williamson, 63, will assume ... Read more
Health reform to worsen doctor shortage (Morning Read)

Health reform to worsen doctor shortage (Morning Read)

October 1, 2010 8:51 am by | 0 Comments

The U.S. doctor shortage will accelerate by 50 percent when 33 million uninsured Americans enter the healthcare system as the main provisions of healthcare overhaul law take effect, according to ... Read more
NEOUCOM hires new dean of medicine

NEOUCOM hires new dean of medicine

September 23, 2010 3:07 pm by | 0 Comments

Dr. Jeffrey Susman most recently worked as the director at the University of Cincinnati's Department of Family Medicine. ... Read more