Alzheimer’s Disease: The Search for a Cure
The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is Ohio's No. 1 research medical school* and is changing lives through the discovery and implementation of innovative and emerging medical advances that address society's most pressing health issues.
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that robs its victims of cognition, memory and function. The Alzheimer’s Association estimates it affects 5.2 million Americans and that its prevalence will continue to increase as society ages. How do you stop a disease with no known cure that is shaping up to be a major global epidemic?
Watch the video to learn more about the School of Medicine's Alzheimer’s research (to the right) and then read a story about an unlikely drug that’s showing promise in the fight against the disease.
Read more about groundbreaking Case Western Reserve University research in think.
At-home colon cancer screening
Early detection of colon cancer can save your life. Thanks to Sanford Markowitz, M.D., Ph.D., a cancer and genetics expert and professor at the School of Medicine, there's a new—and much more convenient—test to add to the list of American Cancer Society-approved colon cancer detection tests: at-home DNA screening.
Watch a video about Dr. Markowitz's research and learn more about this cancer screening breakthrough in Lab to Life: Colon Cancer.
Recognized throughout the international medical community for outstanding achievements in research and teaching, the School of Medicine ranks 12th largest among the nation's medical schools for research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Eleven Nobel Laureates have been affiliated with the school, whose innovative and pioneering Western Reserve2 curriculum prepares students to practice evidence-based medicine in the rapidly changing health care environment of the 21st century.
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