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Golisano Children’s Hospital Clinician-Researcher Wins AHA Award The American Heart Association named local volunteer Stephen Cook, M.D., M.P.H. “Science Advocate of the Year.” The award was presented at the association’s annual Congressional Lobby Day,in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 11, 2011. Stephen Cook, M.D., M.P.H. “Dr. Cook is passionate about ending childhood obesity and has […]
Wilmot Scientists Describe Current, Future Challenges in Lymphoma A special edition of the highly regarded Journal of Clinical Oncology, placed online this week, spotlights James P. Wilmot Cancer Center physicians who write about progress and opportunities in caring for people with lymphoma. Richard I. Fisher, M.D., director of the Wilmot Cancer Center at the University […]
Linda Chaudron Appointed School of Medicine Dean for Diversity University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Dean Mark B. Taubman, M.D., has appointed Linda Chaudron, M.D., M.S., the School’s senior associate dean for diversity. In making the appointment, Taubman has elevated the position from associate dean status and expanded the area of responsibility to […]
A ‘Pacman Strategy’ to Boost the Immune System to Fight Cancer A molecule that lies dormant until it encounters a cancer cell, then suddenly activates and rouses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells directly, marks the latest step in scientists’ efforts to tap the body’s own resources to fight the disease. […]
Medical Miracle: When Serendipity Meets Science This week we’re breaking from our regular format to share a serendipitous patient care story. The video (and text) below relay an incredible account of a how a chance meeting between a cardiologist and neurosurgeon helped to give a brave, young mother a new lease on life. … … Serendipity […]
URMC Medical Center Opens New Building Dedicated to Advancing University of Rochester officials were joined today by Lt. Governor Robert Duffy and New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to officially open the doors on a new research building at the Medical Center dedicated to cutting the time it takes to turn new ideas into […]
URMC Urology Team Introduces Breakthrough Surgery for Kidney Cancer Minimally invasive procedure integrates fluorescent imaging and robotic surgical system Dragan Golijanin, M.D.James P. Wilmot Cancer Center surgeons have become the first in the nation to use a new, infrared imaging technique combined with robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancer. The team, led by Dragan Golijanin, […]
Landmark MADIT-CRT Trial Yields More Information on Treatment Benefits in Patients with Mild Heart Failure Rochester Researchers Present 15 Studies at Premier Cardiology Meeting Cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator In September 2010, the MADIT-CRT trial led the Food and Drug Administration to approve a treatment known as CRT-D therapy (cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator) […]
Device Drops Blood Pressure in Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D. John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D.A device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional three or four drugs, on top of this subgroup’s usual […]
Not Just Teens: When Adults Wrestle Eating Disorders Though typically thought to afflict teenage and young adult women, eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia can strike in midlife – and what’s more, they can affect men, too. And because these older adults might not fit the stereotypical patient profile – and because symptoms like bone loss or missed […]
Medications can be effective when they are used properly, but some can be addictive and dangerous when abused. This chart provides a brief look at some prescribed medications that—when used in ways or by people other than prescribed—have the potential for adverse medical consequences, including addiction. In 2010, approximately 16 million Americans reported using a […]
Saw palmetto Treatments
In men: used to treat and relieve symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); shrinks the prostate and releases the squeeze of the urethra, so that, urine flows normally; increases urine volume, decreases frequent urination, and more ease of urination.
In women: helps relieve painful periods and regulates the menstrual cycle; stimulates the production of prolactin, a female hormone that promotes breast enlargement. Used to treat urinary tract and bladder infections; has an aphrodisiac effect by enhancing sexual functioning and sexual desire.
Actually, there is no reason to be embarrassed. Enlarged breasts are common among teenage boys and men, and breast reduction surgery is increasingly popular among guys. In fact, in the US it’s the fourth most popular cosmetic surgical procedure among males, with nearly 17,000 of them performed in 2009 alone.
Great news for all those women (and men) who have wanted to try the beautifying effects of snail slime but could never get past the “ick” factor. 20yrsyounger.com promises to get rid of the Ewww… while still letting women reap the anti-aging and rejuvenating benefits of snail slime cream. The process itself is called lyophilisation […]
The specific type of birth defect depends on the systems in the fetus developing at the time of alcohol exposure. Organ systems are most vulnerable to damage by alcohol during the period of most dynamic development. The damage seen in animal models roughly corresponds to weeks 3 to 8 in human pregnancy. However, if a woman drinks any time throughout her pregnancy, damage may occur.
