Smoke-exposed Children with Flu More Likely to Need ICU Care Exposed children with flu also stay in the hospital longer Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to need intensive care and intubation when hospitalized with influenza, according to new research by the University of Rochester Medical Center presented today at the […]

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Aggressive Breast Tumors Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency Low vitamin D levels among women with breast cancer correlate with more aggressive tumors and poorer prognosis, according to a new University of Rochester Medical Center study highlighted this week at the American Society of Breast Surgeons meeting in Washington, D.C. The study is one of the […]

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Medical Sleuthing Linked Muscle, Kidney Problems to Kava Tea When a 34-year-old bicyclist was found collapsed on a roadside and rushed to the University of Rochester Medical Center emergency room on the verge of kidney failure and muscle breakdown, doctors were surprised to discover that a trendy tea derived from the kava plant was the […]

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Scientists to Gather for 23rd Annual Genetics Day University of Rochester scientists will gather next week to discuss the latest in genetics research and to trade scientific insights much like DNA strands swap key segments. The 23rd Annual Genetics Day is next Friday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Class of […]

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Vitamin D May Help Explain Racial Differences in Blood Pressure High blood pressure, or hypertension, is more common and often more deadly in blacks than in whites, and a new University of Rochester study shows that low vitamin D levels among black people might be a powerful factor that contributes to the racial differences in […]

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Meeting the Needs of People with Autism Autism Awareness Month Conference (April 25, 2011 ) Senior Adviser to the President Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius speak to an audience of parents, advocates, and experts at an Autism Awareness Month Conference at the White House. ” Helping every American with […]

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Big HIV Prevention Study Halted, but Experts Won’t ‘Throw in the Towel’ HIV-1 virions (green) can be seen on the surface of a lymphocyte. Image courtesy of the CDCs Public Health Image Library. One of the most critical fronts in the war against AIDS is staving off future HIV infections. The challenge can be especially daunting […]

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URMC Chair to Lead National Family Medicine Organization Thomas L. Campbell, M.D., the William Rocktaschel Professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was recently named president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine. Association members elected Campbell to the position at the organization’s 2011 Winter […]

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UR Deaf Health Disparities Group Wins National Excellence Award The National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) recently won accolades for putting community-based participatory research into action. The NCDHR was one of 11 research groups that won a best-practices award from the National Community Committee, which is associated with the Centers for Disease Control and […]

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Scheduled Deliveries Not Linked to Healthier Babies It might be a sign of the times: In a world where people carry computer-phones in their pockets and exert an unprecedented degree of control over their environment, more and more pregnant women are seeking to schedule their babies’ births. In fact today, nearly one in four women plans […]

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