For the first time in North America and the second time worldwide, Cleveland Clinic delivered a baby from a uterus that was transplanted from a deceased donor. “We couldn’t have asked for a better outcome. Everything went wonderfully with the delivery; the mother and baby girl are doing great,” said Uma Perni, M.D., Cleveland Clinic … Read More
National Institute on Aging Awards $4.23 Million to Establish Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $4.23 million grant to establish the Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The two-year award will support the development of a multi-institution collaborative focused on accelerating research for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, led by James … Read More
Using Artificial Intelligence to Deliver Personalized Radiation Therapy
New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can use medical scans and health records to personalize the dose of radiation therapy used to treat cancer patients. Published today in The Lancet Digital Health, the research team developed an AI framework based on patient computerized tomography (CT) scans and electronic health records. This new … Read More
Adding Clinical Variables Improves Accuracy of Lung Allocation Score
Implemented back in 2005, the lung allocation score is used to prioritize patients awaiting lung transplants in the United States. Sicker transplant candidates have a higher calculated score and are placed at the top of the list. But a recent study led by Maryam Valapour, M.D., MPP, director of Lung Transplant Outcomes in Cleveland Clinic’s … Read More
Research Finds Seniors’ Hearts Can Benefit from High-Intensity Exercise
Seniors who participate in high-intensity exercise are may see an improvement in their heart function, according to research led by a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist and presented at the 30th Annual American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in Portland, Oregon. While at the University of California San Francisco, lead author Chete Eze-Nliam, M.D. – now a … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Names New President of Euclid Hospital
Cleveland Clinic announced the promotion of Teresa E. Dews, M.D., as president of Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital, beginning July 15. Euclid Hospital is a 371-bed hospital offering a complete continuum of care including one of the region’s leading outpatient rehabilitation and orthopaedic centers. Other specialties include emergency services, neuro-rehabilitation, cardiology, geriatric assessment and additional inpatient … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Performs Its First In Utero Fetal Surgery
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a spina bifida birth defect in a nearly 23-week-old fetus. A multispecialty team of clinicians performed the surgery in February, and the baby, a girl, was later delivered by caesarean section near full term June 3, making it northern Ohio’s first surgery … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Ranked Among the Nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
Cleveland Clinic Children’s has been ranked as a national leader in clinical care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2019 – 2020 edition of “Best Children’s Hospitals.” Cleveland Clinic Children’s – an integral part of Cleveland Clinic, which was ranked the nation’s No. 2 hospital in 2019 by U.S. News – earned national … Read More
Cleveland Clinic to Host International Lewy Body Dementia Conference
Cleveland Clinic will host the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference, June 24-26, bringing together the world’s experts on the neurological disorder along with affected individuals, care partners and family members. The International Lewy Body Dementia Conference, to be held at the Caesars Palace Conference Center in Las Vegas, is a forum for research scientists, clinicians … Read More
OPINION — Vaccines Matter: State Laws That Make It Easier For Parents To Opt Out Can Cause Real Damage
In a Newsweek op-ed, Kathryn Weise, M.D., a Cleveland Clinic pediatrician and bioethicist, writes that lawmakers should be making it more difficult for parents to exempt their children from immunizations, not easier. Yet as measles cases reach the highest levels reported since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. two decades ago, some states … Read More