Tag: medicine

Caring for the aging in a challenging economic environment will be a focus as more than 250 health care professionals gather October 15 to 17 at the Hyatt Regency Rochester for the 37th annual ...

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.

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.

A pilot study indicates that a substantial portion of people who eat fish caught in the region’s rivers and lakes – including Lake Ontario – are not aware of state health advisories which warn ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism that may keep a well known signaling molecule from eroding bone and inflaming joints, according to an early study published online today in the Journal of ...

With the beginning of school comes the beginning of school sports seasons. This fall, make sure children and teenagers are prepared to get back in the game with an awareness of the risks and the ...

R. James White, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine, Pharmacology & Physiology within the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was ...

An Emergency Medicine pharmacy resident at the University of Rochester Medical Center is one of only five in the country to receive a Pharmacy Resident Practice-Based Research Grant from the American ...

The cornerstone of a good doctor-patient relationship begins with the doctor’s ability to clarify a patient’s preferences and values, especially during a difficult diagnosis, a commentary in the ...

A newly discovered mechanism controls whether muscle cells in blood vessels hasten the development of both atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease, according to an article published online today in ...