School of Medicine
One in three U.S. teen girls use tanning beds
Almost 37 percent of white American teen girls have used an indoor tanning facility at least once and almost 30 percent of girls report using a tanning booth three or more times, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study.

Case to celebrate Hispanic heritage with mural, fest
Case Western Reserve University's latest celebration of diversity features art as an ambassador. The University has tapped the talent of two Cuban painters—Alejandro Calzada and Roaidi Cartaya—to create a multicultural mural outside the entrance to the new Center for Women on the third floor of Thwing Center.

Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Research shows listening to soft music can ease pain of childbirth
A new study from Case Western Reserve University provides hope for those seeking to lessen the pain of childbirth without medication—music.

College of Arts and Sciences
Kahana to test predictions of 'new elderly'
A rising generation of technology-savvy senior citizens will rely on e-mail, digital cameras, computers and other high-tech aids to help them cope with the frailties of old age, a Case Western Reserve University sociologist predicts.

School of Dentistry
Special service
Students from Case Western Reserve University's School of Dentistry examine and seal the teeth of second- and sixth-grade students at Legacy Academy for Leaders and the Arts in Youngstown, Ohio.

Case to license MEMS technology to FLX Micro
Case Western Reserve University has completed an agreement with FLX Micro Inc. of Solon, Ohio, to license advanced technology that will greatly improve the performance of microelectricalmechanical systems (MEMS) across a wide range of industries.

College of Arts and Sciences
Psychologist to help detect bipolar disorder in youth
Case Western Reserve University researchers will gather information over the next five years from more than 1,600 families in the Cleveland area to help develop a tool to diagnose bipolar disorder in children as young as 5 years old—and potentially unite a psychological community divided over the probability of early onset.

Team effort needed to fight e-mail viruses
When e-mail viruses attack, Case Western Reserve University's Information Technology Services can only do so much. The rest is up to the individual.

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College of Arts and Sciences
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