Cleveland Health News

Cleveland, OH. - Antibacterial soaps, gels, wipes and sprays that use chemicals offer little health benefits over natural antimicrobial essential oils. In fact, antibacterial products may actually be less effective against MRSA Skin Infection, says Guy Sako, A Cleveland Ohio...

The money from William Considine, who has led Akron Children's for 30 years, and his wife, Rebecca, will establish the Rebecca D...Considine said. “Research is a crucial part of the hospital's strategic plan and our support will ensure that we...

If current trends continue, more than 50 percent of Ohio's adults will be obese by 2018, and the cost to the state's health system could be as much as $21.7 million annually, according to a new academic report . Ohio's...

A bronze statue of a girl with pigtails, valued at $6,000, has been stolen from the memorial garden at a Cleveland hospice. Officials at the Hospice of the Western Reserve say they noticed the 120-pound, 4-foot-tall sculpture named "Fly Away"...

A self-storage warehouse on Cleveland's southeast side contains everything one might need to set up a field hospital or makeshift morgue -- boxes of body bags, IV poles, stethoscopes, masks, cots and bed linens. It's a depot of grim possibilities...

UH decreased how much it spent on community programs by 10 percent to $9 million. But it spent 26 percent more in 2008 on charity care, the free and discounted medical care it provides to those without insurance or government...

Ideally, pregnant women work hard to be as healthy as possible during pregnancy so they can deliver a healthy baby. They watch their diet, alter their exercise regimen, minimize or stop drinking alcohol and often, think twice about whatever types...

The 190,000-square-foot center will be built on 86 acres at Interstate 480 and state Route 91. The center, set to open in 2011, will include a 24-hour emergency department, a helipad, primary care doctors and various specialists in fields such...