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Shape of Inner Ear Helps Predict Hearing Loss for Children with Rare Hearing Loss Disorder
It may be possible to predict the severity of hearing loss for children diagnosed with enlarged vestibular aqueduct, according to a new study published in JAMA-Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. This retrospective chart review, authored by...
A Message from John Dumot, DO, Director, UH Digestive Health Institute
UH Innovations in Digestive Health - Fall 2018 Pancreatic cancer accounts for about 3 percent of all cancers, but it's now the third-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Its prevalence has risen by about 0.5 percent annually for...
Richard Martin, MD, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Neonatal Research
Richard Martin, MD, professor of pediatrics, reproductive biology, and physiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and director of neonatal research programs and Drusinsky-Fanaroff Chair in Neonatology at University Hospitals...
New UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children Provides Multidisciplinary Wrap-Around Services
Approach could become a model for addressing health disparities UH Innovations in Pediatrics - Fall 2018 Social determinants of health are increasingly viewed as playing an outsized role in health disparities in the United States. The Centers for...
New Specialized Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center Opens
The Congenital Heart Collaborative is expanding to care for the growing number of adults who are survivors of congenital heart disease (CHD). CHD, the most common birth defect affecting about 1% of babies, now has more adults with the disease than...
Event Helps to "Close the Gap" on Health Disparities in our Community
University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has partnered with Boston Scientific to educate people about vascular disease and eliminate disparities in cardiovascular care. This health equity initiative, called “Close the Gap," has...