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UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital is first in the Rochester area to offer people a new minimally invasive therapy for atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder, to prevent strokes.

Researchers have successfully reduced the symptoms and slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease in mice using healthy human brain cells. The findings, which were published today in the journal ...

Epigenetics is a popular, yet still mysterious concept in health and medicine. Harold C. Smith, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics comments on the progress and future of epigenetics ...

More than a decade of research by URMC professor of Psychiatry Peter Wyman, Ph.D., is now helping to bring two promising programs--aimed at curbing youth suicide prevention and substance abuse--into ...

The Rochester Academy of Medicine recently bestowed its highest honor—the Albert David Kaiser Medal—upon J. Richard Ciccone, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and founding director of the Psychiatry and ...

By combining 5 different colored vegetables in these kebobs, you have a side dish with great visual appeal and nutrition!

This summer, UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will host three events to celebrate cancer survivorship and to support those who are facing new challenges in life after cancer.

As the school year winds down, kids’ anxiety over exams can ramp up. While a little test stress can be motivating, too much can derail some of the best students. UR Medicine expert Dr. Laura Cardella ...

Golisano Children’s Hospital will be holding its 20th Annual Stroll for Strong Kids and 5K Run on Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Genesee Valley Park. This event will raise money for the 85,000 kids from ...

Researchers at the University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute discovered something simple and inexpensive to reduce neuropathy in hands and feet due to chemotherapy—exercise.