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LEAWOOD, Kan., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ValueHealth, LLC, the nationally recognized leader in Ambulatory Centers of Excellence (ACE) TM has expanded its surgical ACE footprint to include Cleveland-based University Hospitals (UH), one of the nation s leading health systems. They today announced the first in a series of projects that will be developed through their new joint venture.
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A new, state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center in Lorain County, Ohio will focus on orthopedic surgical procedures delivered using consumer-based models, with the capacity for 800 total joints cases per year. Powered by ValueHealth s payor-led, tech-enabled, data-driven digital surgical platform that includes patient steerage, payor bundles, and warranty contracts, the surgery center will feature four operating rooms and post-surgery recovery Stay Suites that use a proven recovery model to reduce risks for patient readmiss
New Clues Uncovered about Toxic Protein Structures in Neurodegenerative Diseases
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March 15, 2021
Transactive response DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) is a soluble protein that interacts with nucleic acids. However, in several neurodegenerative disorders, this protein forms large, harmful rope-like clumps. These abnormal structures, known as amyloid fibrils, are a signature of brain pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Similar inclusions have also been found in several other disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, cerebral age-related TDP-43 with sclerosis, dementia with Lewy bodies, hippocampal sclerosis, Huntington’s disease, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
By using cryo-electron microscopy, scientists at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine were able to determine the structures of TDP-43. This structural insight provides clues as to how these toxic proteins clump and spread between nerve cells in the b
It’s time for Ohio to nurse its energy sources back to health: Dr. Aparna Bole
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
Posted Mar 14, 2021
Air pollution related to fossil fuel combustion including sulfur dioxide, surface ozone and fine particulate matter causes a host of health harms to Ohioans, especially to our children, writes guest columnist Dr. Arpana Bole. Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer
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Aparna Bole, MD, FAAP, is medical director of community integration at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is a founding advisory council member of the Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action. For this essay, Bole collaborated with Ariunaa Bayanjargal, MD/PhD student at The Ohio State University specializing in childhood cancer research and Dr. William Hardie, a pediatric pulmonologist in Cincinnati.
AACI survey finds many opportunities for cancer center networks to increase patient satisfaction, outcomes
The consolidation of medical services into large systems of care is a major driver of health care economics. For patients with cancer, that may open the door to expert knowledge, cutting-edge treatments like personalized genomics, and clinical trials.
In a survey of the status of care across cancer center networks, some of which reach deep into rural areas, the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) has found that many opportunities exist for such networks to increase patient satisfaction and outcomes and decrease treatment delays and risks.
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CLEVELAND Scientists at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have determined the structure of protein fibrils linked to Lou Gehrig s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders findings that provide clues to how toxic proteins clump and spread between nerve cells in the brain.
Their results may also lead to developing drugs to treat diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). These devastating brain disorders that affect tens of thousands of Americans?are on the rise worldwide, and there are no effective treatments to stop their progression, said Witold Surewicz, a professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the School of Medicine and the study s senior author.