Topic: University of Rochester Medical Center

Wounded cop's wife: 'Life turned upside down'

0 0 . Nicole Young was at home when she got a call from her husband, Fremont police Officer Todd Young, who told her that he had been shot in the ...
Men exposed in the womb to the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its related compounds are more likely to develop testicular...
Scientists have noted a possible increased risk for attention disorders in children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while in the...

URMC Notifies Patients of Possible Privacy Breach

The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has sent letters to patients seen by one of its surgeons, alerting them to the possibility that ...
A large international study aimed at improving the care of muscular dystrophy patients worldwide is being launched by physicians, physical...

URMC CEO to receive Courage Award

The CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center, Doctor Bradford Berk will receive the inaugural "Courage Award." It will be presented to him...
A drug to treat inflammation plays a surprising role reducing the level of infection caused by an opportunistic bug that is deadly for AIDS and...
Acupuncture eases pain in the limbs because it releases a natural molecule called adenosine, neuroscientists in the United States reported on Sunday.The mechanism was discovered through experiments in lab mice, which were given an injection of an inflamma

Aging bikers at greater risk of injury, death

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - As the number of baby boomers taking to the road on motorbikes has risen, so has the average age of motorcyclists involved in crashes with riders aged 40 plus more likely to be injured or killed, a U ...

Experts hope H1N1 will spur effort on universal jab

LONDON (Reuters) - The H1N1 swine flu pandemic should spur pharmaceutical researchers to renew efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine and rethink ways of dealing with future pandemics, scientists said on Friday.Flu experts from the World Health Organi