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The nation’s top scientific advisory panel today recommended that most children and adults modestly increase their intake of vitamin D, known as the “sunshine vitamin,” from a daily dietary intake of ...

Adolescents and young adults are most likely to abuse prescription medications. Yet prescription rates for controlled medications have nearly doubled for those age groups in the past 14 years, ...

Javeed Sukhera, M.D., a fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been named to the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

In an attempt to help children with autism learn the building blocks of creativity, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) tapped a toy box staple for help – legos. By ...

Louis “Sandy” Constine, M.D., FASTRO , vice chair of Radiation Oncology for URMC’s James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, has received a National Institutes of Health Merit Award for his work with the PDQ ...

If you’re lucky, it will all be kisses and hugs around the Thanksgiving dinner table, with friends and family near and dear gathered about, and puppies at your feet waiting for table scraps. But ...

Physicians and researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are continuing their efforts to investigate and improve bladder cancer screening techniques through a study funded by the ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center will present a symposium on the global state of AIDS vaccine research Wednesday, Dec. 1, in its Class of ’62 Auditorium. Nelson Michael, M.D., Ph.D., ...

Five Rochester-area business leaders - Richard DiMarzo, Gary Haseley, Jeff Pierce, Greg Smith and Dennis Wilmot - recently joined the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center National Advisory Board to support ...

Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, M.D., will receive the University of Rochester’s Eastman Medal Monday, Nov. 22, at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Kandel received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...