Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Lawsuit   __________________________________________________________________________________ The White House: September 28, 2011 ” Tens of millions of Americans are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act, including the parents of children with preexisting conditions, women getting mammograms with no out-of-pocket cost, seniors saving hundreds of dollars on their prescription drugs, and […]

Imaging study shows little difference between poor readers with low IQ and poor readers with high IQ Last year, Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD, authored a study that used sophisticated brain imaging to predict with 90 percent accuracy which teenagers with dyslexia would improve their reading skills over time. Now the Stanford imaging expert has turned […]

Every Woman Every Child.   United Nations 27 September 2011 Every Woman Every Child is an unprecedented global effort, spearheaded by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to mobilize and intensify global action to improve the health of women and children around the world. Working with leaders from governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector and civil society, […]

Could Bone-Loss Drug Do Double-Duty, Helping Arthritic Joints? Every once in a while, scientists set out to study one thing and discover another entirely. Consider the case of this seizure-medicine turned hot-flash therapy – or more recently, URMC scientists’ discovery that an already-FDA-approved osteoporosis medication (human parathyroid hormone, sold under the brand name Forteo) can potentially be repurposed […]

New Affordable Care Act initiative helps create healthier communities, fight chronic disease The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today grants to 61 states and communities with over 120 million residents to fight chronic disease, which is the leading cause of death in Americans. Created by the Affordable Care Act, Community Transformation […]

 Washington state starts school year with tougher requirements for vaccine exemptions Overall, the population of children in the United States who have not received any vaccinations remains low, less than one percent according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But in some areas of the country the number of […]

President Obama Honors Nation’s Top Scientists and Innovators … The White House Office of the Press Secretary September 27, 2011 President Obama today named seven eminent researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science and five inventors as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United […]

Alzheimer’s disease: Why research is so critical In case you missed it, Forbes.com had a sobering reminder yesterday of the toll Alzheimer’s disease has taken on our society, the importance of research – and why things may get worse before they get better: > Unless a cure is found – and there is no hope […]

URMC Department of Surgery Boasts Five New Faculty  Last month, the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Surgery continued its brisk growth, adding four highly-skilled surgeons and an education/simulation training expert to its faculty. Christian Georges Peyre, M.D.  In recent years, the Department has expanded at a significant pace, with its clinical faculty expanding […]

Thompson Health and URMC Explore Formal Affiliation Leaders at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Thompson Health today announced that they are considering a formal affiliation. While both organizations emphasize that talks are still preliminary and a decision to affiliate is still months away, there is strong reason to believe that a closer […]