Kennedy named visiting fellow at Brown Institute for Brain Science Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has accepted a two-year appointment as a visiting fellow at the Brown Institute for Brain Science, through the 2012-13 academic year. Kennedy will deliver two lectures each year and will continue his longtime advocacy for neurological research, wider access to […]

Nursing home boom in China has little government involvement A new study of the growth and operation of nursing homes in Chinese cities finds that the industry, while still small, is surging to meet the country’s overwhelming shift toward an older population. The almost entirely private-sector growth has far outpaced government oversight. A rapidly growing […]

American Sign Language Makes Debut in CDC Scientific Journal   Thanks to a group of deaf and hearing Rochester, N.Y., pioneers, a medical journal for the first time has served up a scientific article online with a new twist: an accompanying web video in American Sign Language (ASL), produced by the University of Rochester Medical […]

Brown biologist Casey Dunn wins NSF’s Waterman Award Biologist Casey Dunn, creator of the “Creaturecast” website, is this year’s winner of the National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award. Dunn’s work on animal evolution and the origins of biological complexity, particularly with deep-sea creatures called siphonophores, holds clues for how complex multicellular organisms, including humans, […]

First Approved Lupus Drug in 50 Years: What Promise Might it Hold? Last week’s FDA approval of Benlysta (also known as belimumab) – the first new lupus drug in more than 50 years – has created quite a buzz in the lupus community. Almost one in 1,000 people have lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease (like rheumatoid […]

University of Rochester to Honor Nobel Prize Winner March 24 Event includes Rochester premiere of documentary on renowned neuroscientist Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, M.D., will receive the University of Rochester’s Eastman Medal Thursday, March 24, at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Kandel received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his […]

University of Rochester to Honor Nobel Prize Winner March 24 Event includes Rochester premiere of documentary on renowned neuroscientist Experts at the Strong Fertility Center will explore the link between nutrition and fertility at a free seminar at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at The Women’s Health Pavilion, 500 Red Creek Drive in Henrietta. Part […]

Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards set for March 21 Center for Community Health hosts event, grand rounds by community health expert Cynthia Barnes-Boyd The second annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards will be presented by URMC’s Center for Community Health at 5:45 p.m. Monday, March 21, in the Class of ’62 Auditorium at […]

Rochester River Run/Walk 5K set for April 10 Donor and Transplant Families will Salute Donate Life Month at Race Conclusion Individuals and teams are invited to participate in the 10th annual Friends of Strong Rochester River Run/Walk 5K, Sunday, April 10, at the Riverbend Shelter at Genesee Valley Park. The race will begin at 10 […]

Obama Administration takes new steps to support innovation, empower states New regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act propose a process for how states can apply for Innovation Waivers Building on President Obama’s commitment to ensure states have the power and flexibility to innovate and implement the health care solutions that work best for them, the […]