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Doctors at University of Rochester Medical Center are first in upstate New York to incorporate the precision and dexterity of a surgical robot to remove cancerous tumors in the mouth and throat.

Scientists trying to understand how cancer cells invade healthy tissue have used the fruit fly’s metamorphosis from maggot to flying insect as a guide to identify a key molecular signal that may be ...

With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers – Advil, Tylenol, aspirin – at the time of injection ...

The MOCHA Center and the Rochester Victory Alliance (formerly the University of Rochester HIV Vaccine Trials Unit) are the lead organizers with more than a dozen community-based organizations that ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center and its partners in the deaf community are setting out to tackle a common problem – obesity – by using a unique approach.

A new research center exploring the science underlying a potential new treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder has been established at the University of Rochester Medical Center, thanks to a ...

Former Penfield resident Andrew M. Wensel, M.D., has joined the University of Rochester Medical Center as an assistant professor of Neurosurgery, expanding the faculty ranks of the department to 11.

Compounds related to Viagra, which is already in clinical trials to prevent heart failure, may also counter the disease in a different way, according to a study published online today in the journal ...

Two recent University of Rochester Medical Center studies point out alarming trends in childhood obesity – not only is the group of severely obese children getting larger, but parents don’t even see ...

A key compound resupplies bone marrow with fast-acting stem cells that can more quickly rekindle blood cell production, according to a study published online today in the journal Blood. While the ...