Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Innovation Summit will bring together more than 2,250 of the brightest leaders from around the world to downtown Cleveland on Oct. 23 to 25 to focus on genomics and precision medicine advancements. The agenda includes panels with top healthcare, industry and biotech leaders. Topics include: direct-to-consumer DNA testing, drug costs, next-generation genomic … Read More
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Cleveland Clinic Study: Timing of Melanoma Diagnosis, Treatment Critical to Survival
A new Cleveland Clinic study underscores the importance of early detection and treatment of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The research, published online today in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, indicates that the sooner patients were treated, the better their survival, particularly for stage I melanoma. Using the National Cancer … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Earns NIH Grant to Study Benefits of Exercise in People at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
A five-year, $8.75 million grant from the National Institute on Aging will help Cleveland Clinic researchers determine whether exercise can modify genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease and reduce or prevent the cognitive decline commonly associated with the disease. The project, called Immunological Mechanisms Underlying Neuroprotection from Exercise in Alzheimer’s disease (IMMUNE-AD), will investigate the complex … Read More
Cleveland Clinic’s Serpil Erzurum, M.D., Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Medicine
Serpil Erzurum, M.D., chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. NAM is formerly the Institute of Medicine, which was established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences to advise … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Researchers Reveal Biomarker for Guiding Prostate Cancer Treatment
Back-to-back discoveries from Cleveland Clinic demonstrate for the first time how a testosterone-related genetic abnormality can help predict individual patient responses to specific prostate cancer therapies. The studies, published in the October 12 issue of JAMA Oncology, suggest that men who inherit this variant would benefit from a personalized treatment plan that targets specific hormonal … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Names New Director of its Center for Geriatric Medicine
Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, M.D., has been named director of the Center for Geriatric Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. In this role he will lead the health system’s geriatric medicine program – ranked 5th nationally by U.S. News and World Report – that specializes in diagnosing and treating older adults with complex medical conditions and social impairments, … Read More
Select Medical, Cleveland Clinic Open State-of-the-Art Medical Rehabilitation Hospital in Beachwood
Select Medical Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM), today announced the opening of a new medical rehabilitation hospital in Beachwood, Ohio, as part of a joint venture with Cleveland Clinic. The new 60-bed inpatient hospital, Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation Hospital, Beachwood, features private rooms and state-of-the-art rehabilitation equipment to treat patients … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Provided $809 million in community benefit in 2016
In 2016 Cleveland Clinic provided $809 million in community benefit in Ohio, Nevada and Florida, a 17 percent increase over 2015. Community benefit is a measure of a hospital’s investment in its community through outreach programs, medical education, research, financial assistance, coverage of Medicaid shortfalls, and subsidized care. “As a non-profit academic medical center, we … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Researchers Find Link Between Bacterial Imbalances and Breast Cancer
In a newly published study, Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered differences in the bacterial composition of breast tissue of healthy women vs. women with breast cancer. The research team has discovered for the first time that healthy breast tissue contains more of the bacterial species Methylobacterium, a finding which could offer a new perspective in … Read More
Cleveland Clinic statement: Issue 2 Mailer Inappropriately Uses Image, Quote of Dr. Cosgrove
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2017, CLEVELAND: “Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Dr. Toby Cosgrove’s image and comments from a City Club event were used on a political flyer related to Issue 2 inappropriately and out of context. Neither Dr. Cosgrove nor Cleveland Clinic have taken a position on Issue 2 and this was conducted without his … Read More