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Ibuprofen Associated with Slower Lung Function Decline in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Friday, November 30, 2007 (1313 reads)

CLEVELAND – Treatment with ibuprofen is associated with a significantly slower rate of decline in lung function in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis, according to a new study.

Researchers found that patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who took high doses of ibuprofen had a 29 percent reduction in loss of lung function compared to those who did not use the anti-inflammatory drug twice daily over a period of two to seven years.



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University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University Appoint Anthony J. Furlan, M.D., as Chairman of Neurology Department
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (2917 reads)

CLEVELAND – University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University have announced the appointment of an international authority on stroke, Anthony J. Furlan, M.D., as the new chairman of the Department of Neurology.

He joins University Hospitals (UH) from the Cleveland Clinic, where he was the associate director of the Cerebrovascular Center, associate director of the Bakken Heart Brain Institute, and director of the Primary Stroke Center.

“Dr. Furlan is a proven leader and a towering figure in the field of stroke care and treatment. He is an excellent addition to our highly respected Department of Neurology,” said Fred C. Rothstein, M.D., president of UH Case Medical Center.



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Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Celebrates 120 Years with History Book
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (1715 reads)

CLEVELAND – Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country, officially celebrates 120 years of caring for Cleveland’s children this Thanksgiving Day.

Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital’s legacy traces back to nine young women from prominent, wealthy families in Cleveland, who gathered together on Thanksgiving Day in 1887 to discuss how they could help the children of the city’s poor. These women called themselves the “Rainbow Circle of King’s Daughters.”

For the first three years, these women worked by aiding “worthy” destitute families, furnishing them with food and clothing, and helping them to pay rent and find employment. In 1891, they raised enough money to fulfill their dream and opened Rainbow Cottage, a healthy place for children to recover from illness. Rainbow Cottage changed its name to Rainbow Hospital for Crippled and Convalescent Children in 1914.



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Cohens Donate Endowed Chair to University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (2482 reads)

CLEVELAND – Rosalie and Morton A. Cohen have contributed $1.5 million to University Hospitals to establish the first chair in lung cancer. The Cohens’ gift honors Nathan Levitan, MD, Chief Medical Officer of University Hospitals and lung cancer expert. Renowned lung cancer researcher and physician, Afshin Dowlati, MD, Co-Leader, Developmental Therapeutics Program and Director, Thoracic Oncology at the UH Ireland Cancer Center will be the first chairholder.

Rosalie Cohen, an 18-year cancer survivor and longtime patient of Dr. Levitan, decided to establish this Chair along with her husband, Morton, in honor of her physician and gratitude for her cancer care at the Ireland Cancer Center. “The care I have received from Dr. Levitan and the entire Ireland Cancer Center staff has been outstanding,” she says. “I am so grateful to the entire lung cancer team for their personalized care.”



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Brown Family Gives University Hospitals $2 million; Honors Granddaughter with Cystic Fibrosis
Thursday, November 15, 2007 (1583 reads)

CLEVELAND – Connie and Jim Brown formerly of Shaker Heights, Ohio, now of Piqua, Ohio and Savannah, Georgia, are donating $2 million to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in honor of their oldest granddaughter, KC Bryan-White, who is a survivor of cystic fibrosis (CF) and is 28 years old.

“KC recently gave birth to her first child, Mac, our first great-grandchild, and we wanted to honor this special gift to our family with a gift to Rainbow,” said Connie Brown. “Without the physicians at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, KC wouldn’t be alive today, and certainly wouldn’t be healthy enough to have children. We are blessed to have this special institution in our backyard.”



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Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Offers Tips for Playing it Safe this Holiday Season
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 (1367 reads)

CLEVELAND – As the holiday season kicks into full gear, parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles will be scouring toy stores for the perfect gifts for the children in their lives. With the recent wave of toy recalls—including some of the most trusted brand names in the toy world—buyers may be wondering how to make safe choices, but lead-related worries are only one issue in toy buying.

According to data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 20 children under the age of 15 died of toy-related injuries during 2005. Half of all fatalities involved choking or asphyxiation related to small toys or pieces that broke off from toys. “When shopping for children under age 3, avoid toys with small parts, which can cause choking,” advises Dr. Edward Barskdale, Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. Shoppers should read labels carefully and heed age recommendations: if a toy is labeled ‘not recommended for children under age three,’ parents need to take that warning seriously. “You may think your two-year-old is more advanced than the average child,” notes Kathryn Wesolowski, Manager of the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Center, “but even the brightest babies and toddlers explore by placing things in their mouths. Thinking that your child is the exception to the rule can lead to tragedy.”



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Neurological Team at University Hospitals Case Medical Center Finds that New Treatment Holds Promise for Patients with Tourette Syndrome
Monday, November 12, 2007 (3263 reads)

CLEVELAND – Research out of the Neurological Institute at University Hospitals Case Medical Center finds that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) helps patients who suffer from Tourette Syndrome (TS). This first-of-its-kind study of five adults with TS determined that DBS can reduce tic frequency and severity in some people who have exhausted other medical treatments.

Tourette syndrome is a neurobehavioral disorder characterized by sudden, repetitive muscle movements (motor tics) and vocalizations (vocal tics). It often begins in childhood. By young adulthood the tics have usually diminished in frequency and severity. However, in some adults, like those that participated in this clinical trial, the tics become more disabling even with best medical therapy.



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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CASE MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVE $6.37 MILLION FROM NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO FIND NEW WAYS TO TREAT PSORIASIS
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 (1599 reads)

CLEVELAND – The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases (NIAMS), a research center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center a $6.37 million award to establish a Center of Research Translation (CORT) for the skin disease psoriasis.

This is one of the largest grants ever given to a medical institution in the United States for the study of psoriasis.

With a five-year grant from NIAMS, the Psoriasis CORT will bring a multidisciplinary team of translational physicians scientists, nurses, community clinicians, laity and basic scientists from different departments and disciplines together. This team will apply the intellectual and scientific resources of their institutions to new therapies to provide relief to patients with the skin disease that has long-term health and psychosocial consequences.

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Rainbow Pediatrician joins Politicians in Introducing New Bicycle Helmet Legislation
Monday, November 05, 2007 (1527 reads)

CLEVELAND  – University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital pediatrician, Lolita McDavid, M.D., will join State Representative Michael J. Skindell (D – Lakewood) and Senator Tom Roberts (D – Trotwood) on Wednesday, November 7th to bring forward legislation requiring children under the age of 18 to wear helmets while riding bicycles on roadways. The bill would also establish a Bicycle Safety Fund to assist low-income families in purchasing helmets.

“As head of the Child Protection Team at Rainbow, I work every day to keep children safe,” said Dr. McDavid. “Helmet safety reduces head injury, brain injury, facial injury and even fatalities. While no equipment can provide 100 percent protection, helmets are designed to absorb some of the impact to the head and lessen the severity of injury in an accident. Like with seat belts, good legislation can save lives.”



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