Regeneration of specialized cells offers hope for treating chronic kidney disease, researchers say Damage to podocytes — a specialized type of epithelial cell in the kidney — occurs in more than 90 percent of all chronic kidney disease. Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered an unexpected pathway that reveals for the first […]

Are doing harm and allowing harm equivalent? Individuals and courts deal more harshly with people who actively commit harm than with people who willfully allow the same harm to occur. A new study finds that this moral distinction is psychologically automatic. It requires more thought to see each harmful behavior as morally equivalent. Looking at […]

Plotting the demise of AIDS Scientists, doctors, and activists note progress, calibrate challenges Photo by Aubrey LaMedica/ HSPH / A two-day conference titled “AIDS@30: Engaging to End the Epidemic,” which drew hundreds to the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, worked to engage those who know the ailment best to plot its end. The Dec. 1 […]

URMC Researchers Receive $2.6M Grant to Help Young Smokers Quit Department of Community and Preventive Medicine provides support for smoking cessation Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Community and Preventive Medicine are using a National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant to find effective ways to help young smokers quit. They have been awarded […]

Haas Chosen to Lead National Pharmacy Organization Currently President-Elect, Will Advance to President in 2012 Curtis Haas, Pharm.D., director of Pharmacy for the University of Rochester Medical Center, was selected as president-elect of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and will advance to the office of president in October 2012. Haas, who joined URMC […]

Conflict and chronic poverty leave millions of Yemenis in need of relief – UN official Assistant Secretary-General Catherine Bragg (centre) meets UNHCR representatives working with IDPs and refugees in Aden, southern Yemen Large segments of the population of Yemen are enduring chronic deprivation exacerbated by the breakdown of the delivery of essential social services as […]

Heeding UNICEF’s calls, Mexico makes progress towards free birth registration UNICEF Deputy Representative in Mexico Javier Alvarez hands a birth certificate to Alberto, a boy from the Chamula indigenous community in Chiapas 2 December 2011 – Thousands of children from indigenous communities in the southern Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca received birth certificates after […]

Diasporas have important role to play in fostering development, says Assembly President 2 December 2011 – The President of the General Assembly today highlighted the important economic contributions of diasporas and stressed the need to help them achieve their full potential. “Our collective action must be directed towards supporting diasporas, so that their contributions to […]

UN highlights vital role played by volunteers worldwide in development 2 December 2011 The United Nations is set to recognize the work of millions of volunteers around the globe and launch the first-ever report on the state of world volunteerism, spotlighting the role they play in development. “Volunteers have the power to change lives, build […]

Ban urges private sector to play greater role in fight against modern slavery A human trafficking awareness billboard 2 December 2011   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the private sector to play a more active role in combating modern forms of slavery, saying that humanity still lives in a world blighted by serfdom and other practices […]