How Often Should Women Have Bone Tests? Experts recommend that older women have regular bone density tests to screen for osteoporosis. But it’s been unclear how often to repeat the tests. A study of nearly 5,000 women now reports that patients with healthy bone density on their first test might safely wait 15 years before [...]

Manganese May Prevent Toxin Damage A new study suggests that manganese, an essential nutrient, may prevent the deadly effects of Shiga toxin. The finding may lead to cheap, effective treatments for dangerous foodborne Shigella or E. coli infections, which currently affect millions worldwide. Foodborne illness is often caused by bacteria that contaminate raw foods. To healthy people, most of [...]

Looking Inside Viruses Since the discovery of the microscope, scientists have tried to visualize smaller and smaller structures to provide insights into the inner workings of human cells, bacteria and viruses. Now, researchers have developed a new way to see tiny structures within viruses. Conventional cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has allowed researchers to image the surface [...]

Collaborative ‘Rochester Model’ Gets Spotlight for Hypertension Program Business, health care partnership featured in national medical journal The fast-moving effort led by business leaders, in partnership with healthcare organizations, to make the Finger Lakes region the healthiest community in the country serves as a model for action that other cities could follow, according to a [...]

Medical Center Psychiatrist Wins Award for Book on Workplace Violence Michael R. Privitera, M.D., M.S., associate professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will receive the 2012 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award, which is given for an outstanding contribution to the literature of forensic psychiatry. Privitera, director of the Psychiatry Consultation Service at the Medical [...]

Step into American Heart Month with a Winter Walk Event benefits Golisano Children’s Hospital, promotes active lifestyle February is American Heart Month, and what better way to celebrate than outdoors in a winter wonderland? The third annual Winter Walk for Strong Kids, on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Nazareth College Shults Center, is a fun way for the [...]

An afternoon with bedheads and Deadheads Yes, it might seem like sleep researcher William Dement, MD, PhD, and the late Jerry Garcia would make very strange bedfellows. But, that wasn’t the case at a Stanford event on Saturday. There, they blended together – albeit, in a circular way – like a sweet dream in a deep sleep. More than 60 people with [...]

The end of iPS? Stanford scientists directly convert mouse skin cells to neural precursors I was excited last week to learn about the recent work of stem cell scientist Marius Wernig, MD, published today (direct link to come) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Wernig directly converted mouse skin cells to neural precursor cells [...]

Scientists turn skin cells into neural precursors, bypassing stem-cell stage Mouse skin cells can be converted directly into cells that become the three main parts of the nervous system, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding is an extension of a previous study by the same group showing that mouse and [...]

Either you’re a woman or you know one: Help spread the message of women’s heart health … Heart disease is the #1 killer of women. Experts from Stanford’s Women’s Heart Health Clinic urge all women to know their numbers, listen to their bodies, and spread awareness about women’s heart disease. … If you’re not a [...]