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In Defense of Breakfast With research earlier this month inciting a bunch of breakfast debate (you can read about the Nutritionstudy, here, which suggests that no matter how much people consume at breakfast, they go on to gobble the same amount of calories at lunch and dinner), we wanted to sit down with URMC registered dietitian Donna Quinzi […]
University Taps Senior Fundraiser to Lead Medical Center Advancement Effort Frank Interlichia has been appointed as Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). For an interim period, Frank will also continue as Associate Vice President for University Advancement, overseeing Leadership Gifts, Regional Advancement, University Annual Fund and University […]
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Many heads better than one in Alzheimer’s diagnosis Panel consensus model connects social sciences and medicine In a marriage of two disciplines that don’t often overlap — politics and medicine — a study by Matthew Gabel, PhD, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, finds that group […]
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Medical Center Presents Prestigious Annual Awards to Top Staff URMC Board Awards Recognize 6 Individuals, 4 Teams Who Exemplify Excellence Medical Center Presents Prestigious Annual Awards to Top Staff January 24, 2011 Today, during the University of Rochester Medical Center Board’s annual meeting, Board Chair Ron Zarrella presented the 2010 Excellence Awards to some of […]
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BMCC. And The World Goes Round … Dressed in a fuzzy, thick parka at BMCC’s International Student Orientation, Ukraine native Nadiia Lekhiv, jokes that she’s used to Manhattan’s cold weather. She’s also used to children, and is convinced she’ll adapt just fine to life as a BMCC student. “I’ve been an au pair here in […]
Health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recover record $4 billion; new Affordable Care Act tools will help fight fraud Joint DOJ & HHS efforts result in largest sum ever recovered in single year; new rules under the Affordable Care Act will keep fraudulent providers and suppliers out of Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and avoid payments […]
NIH study in mice uncovers pathway critical for UV-induced melanoma Scientists have made an unanticipated discovery in mice that interferon-gamma, a type of protein primarily used by the immune system for intercellular communication, acts as a promoter for the deadly form of skin cancer known as melanoma. This finding resulted from a series of experiments […]
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New melt record for Greenland ice sheet CCNY’s Marco Tedesco says ‘exceptional’ season stretched up to 50 days longer than average New research shows that 2010 set new records for the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea level rises in coming decades. “This past melt season […]
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Neuroscientist Robert Doty Dies at 91 Robert W. Doty, Ph.D. Robert W. Doty, Ph.D., a leading brain researcher who helped create what is now the world’s largest organization of neuroscientists, the Society for Neuroscience, died Jan. 14 at home in Rush, N.Y. He was 91. Plans for a memorial service to be held in the […]
Parent-child play therapy relieves depression in preschoolers A form of play therapy between parents and their toddlers can relieve depression in preschoolers, according to child psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Known as parent-child interaction therapy, the play-based technique has been used successfully to treat hyperactivity and disruptive disorders. The […]
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