Two Cleveland medical research hotshots are teaming up in the lucrative quest to prevent traumatic brain, neck and spine injuries and create new strategies for concussion recovery, diagnosis and prevention.The Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University will form the Cleveland Traumatic Neuromechanics Consortium, the institutions announced Friday, pairing the Clinic’s talent in medical research, [...]

Public safety net hospital MetroHealth System lost $2.7 million last year, but hospitals officials are feeling optimistic about 2012 and are predicting a $10 million surplus.Recent trends have MetroHealth leaders feeling confident as they look toward the rest of this year: rising patient volume, a reduction in staffing expenses and an increase in outpatient services, [...]

Benjamin Spock died in 1998 and soon after that, his famous book has had one co-author: Dr. Robert Needlman.Needlman is a pediatrician at MetroHealth Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. He’s also a graduate of Yale Medical School and worked at Boston City Hospital. He’d been part of a [...]

Cleveland Clinic did what all health systems do in mid-December: send out news-you-can-use, 2012 predictions about better health in the coming year. This one included top medical tests people should get in 2012.Unfortunately, one of the leading media watchdogs on health news treated the tips like a bad infection. And now the release — which [...]

One of the toughest jobs in healthcare — CEO for a public/charity hospital — opened up in Cleveland on Friday. Mark Moran, the leader of MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, told staff members he wouldn’t renew his contract when it expires in March.His email to the staff is as follows:MetroHealth is on the right path. [...]

This post is sponsored by Cervilenz Inc.12.9 million babies are born too soon every year around the world, and 1 million of those babies die. The United States has the second-highest rate of prematurity in the world. Here, 1 of 8 babies is born prematurely, and these early deliveries are the leading cause of infant [...]

This post is sponsored by Cervilenz Inc.November is a time for thanks. Every day, I am thankful for my husband, Jim, and our three healthy children– Emmett, Riley, and Allie. But, this time of year is a mixed blessing for me.November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Every minute of every day, a baby is born prematurely. [...]

With the announcement of Cleveland Clinic offering cardiothoracic surgery services to Charlotte, North Carolina after their collaboration with Central Dupage Hospital in Illinois, a new cardiovascular surgery paradigm is taking shape:The Novant-Cleveland Clinic affiliation is not the first such collaboration for a Charlotte-area hospital. In 2010, CaroMont Health, which operates Gaston Memorial [...]

Cleveland neurotechnology device company NeuroWave Systems is ramping up its global marketing efforts by releasing the next-generation version of its flagship anesthesia-monitoring device in Canada and Europe.The new model of the NeuroSENSE Monitor, which uses an algorithm to help doctors tailor the amount of anesthesia patients need by displaying and interpreting electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from [...]

Life science current events this week include five growing biotechnology and medical jobs in Cleveland, nanotechnology in North Carolina, and opportunities in specialty drugs for Cardinal Health.