VeloSano raised more than $4.7 million in 2019, with 100% of the money raised supporting lifesaving cancer research at Cleveland Clinic. This brings the cumulative total to more than $21 million raised in six years. Latin for “swift cure,” VeloSano is a year-round, community-driven fundraising initiative. The money raised is a culmination of many efforts, … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Develops Calculator To Estimate 10-Year Risk Of Diabetes Complications
Patients struggling with type 2 diabetes and obesity are faced with the decision of whether to receive usual medical care or undergo weight-loss surgery. Now, a new risk calculator developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers can show these patients their risks of developing major health complications over the next 10 years depending on which course of … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Performs Its First Purely Laparoscopic Living Donor Surgery for Liver Transplant
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed the Midwest’s first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation in an adult recipient. The advanced procedure is available at only a few hospitals worldwide, and Cleveland Clinic is the second U.S. academic medical center to offer this approach for living donor liver transplantation. Unlike open surgery that … Read More
League, Cleveland Clinic Collaborate to Make Employees Healthier Across North America
LAS VEGAS: League Inc. and Cleveland Clinic are collaborating to offer employees across North America a more proactive and impactful healthcare experience, by leveraging League’s health benefits experience (HBXTM) technology and Cleveland Clinic’s extensive clinical expertise to improve health outcomes. League, North America’s leading enterprise health operating system, provides a single access hub for employees … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Study Finds Functional Medicine Model is Associated with Improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life
In the first retrospective cohort study of the functional medicine model, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that functional medicine was associated with improvements in health-related quality of life. The study was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open. The two-year study examined 1,595 patients treated in Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Unveils Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2020
A dual-acting osteoporosis drug. Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. New treatment for peanut allergies. These are some of the innovations that will enhance healing and change healthcare in the coming year, according to a distinguished panel of doctors and researchers. Cleveland Clinic today announced the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2020 at a multimedia presentation … Read More
CHI Saint Joseph Health Launches Affiliation with Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
LEXINGTON, Ky: CHI Saint Joseph Health – Cancer Care Centers in Lexington and Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center have launched a formal affiliation to expand access to highly specialized cancer treatments, clinical expertise and research studies for patients in central Kentucky. “Our cancer care centers have a long history of providing high quality care for patients … Read More
Cleveland Clinic, American Well Partner to Launch Digital Health Company
CLEVELAND & BOSTON: Cleveland Clinic and American Well® are partnering on a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide broad access to comprehensive and high-acuity care services via telehealth. Together, the organizations will form a Cleveland-based joint venture company, named The Clinic™, which will offer virtual care from Cleveland Clinic’s highly specialized experts through American Well’s well-established digital … Read More
Deborah Heart and Lung Center announces affiliation with Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
BROWNS MILLS, NJ: Deborah Heart and Lung Center is now a clinical affiliate of the Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute, further elevating cardiovascular care for patients in the region. The Cleveland Clinic heart program is U.S. News & World Report’s No. 1 ranked program for cardiology and heart surgery for the past 25 years. … Read More
Cleveland Clinic-led Research Team Develops New Genetic-based Epilepsy Risk Scores
An international team of researchers led by Cleveland Clinic has developed new genetic-based epilepsy risk scores which may lay the foundation for a more personalized method of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. This analysis is the largest study of epilepsy genetics to date, as well as the largest study of epilepsy using human samples. Published in … Read More