Antibiotics can help you feel better after some common illnesses by fighting the bacteria that cause these infections. UR Medicine experts share some lesser-known things that can help you recover as ...
Why is norovirus, also known as the “stomach bug,” so contagious? Is there any way to avoid it? UR Medicine infectious disease expert Brenda Tesini, MD, explains the most important things to do to ...
Since 1965 when public health law mandated screening in newborns, the New York State Department of Health has provided the Newborn Screening program to every family that has recently given birth in a ...
With shorter days and chilling temperatures, winter can bring on a gloomy feeling—the “winter blues.” UR Medicine psychiatrist Annabel Fu, MD, and psychologist Leisha Cuddihy, PhD, share their ...
You or someone you know is probably pushing to reach 10,000 steps today, but is that really how much everyone should be walking every day? If you can’t walk fast or ride your bike far distances, is ...
Paige Gibbons—a kind, ambitious, big-hearted lover of life—took a single pill of what she thought was the painkiller Percocet. Instead, it was 100 percent fentanyl, the opioid that is up to 50 times ...