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Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine.

What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with “golden ears” – mice that have outstanding hearing as they age. ...

Pascal Jean-Pierre, Ph.D., M.P.H., a behavioral scientist at the University of Rochester Medical Center was appointed to the New York State Prostate and Testicular Cancer Detection and Education ...

A neurologist and epilepsy expert at the University of Rochester Medical Center has been named editor in chief of one of the world’s leading journals devoted to issues involving the brain and central ...

A drug already approved for the treatment of lymphoma may also slow the growth of the most deadly bone cancer in children and teens, according to an early-stage study published online today in the ...

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 nation’s leading surgical quality improvement program recently honored the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) for demonstrating exemplary outcomes in reducing surgical site infections ...

Specialists in HIV and in hearing at the University of Rochester Medical Center are teaming up to measure the hearing of people with AIDS.

University of Rochester School of Nursing faculty member Irena Pesis-Katz, Ph.D., yesterday was named to the newly created research network that is part of New York State Attorney General Andrew ...

The informative lecture series, "UR Always Learning at The Highlands," returns for fall 2009 with a program intended to be stimulating and thought-provoking.