Research Study to Explore Possible Synergistic Effects of Exercise, Brain Training in Preventing Dementia By Patrick Broadwater Oct. 11, 2017 Feng Vankee Lin's new $3.67 million NIA grant will look to see if the benefits of engaging in a rigorously designed program of aerobic exercise and brain training will produce greater gains in ...
Research Study Pokes Holes in Fetal Alcohol Hypothesis By Mark Michaud Oct. 4, 2017 A new study published in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity appears to challenge the theory that cells in the brain’s immune system are the culprit behind the neurological damage that occurs in ...
Research Finding a Treatment for Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction By Emily Boynton Oct. 3, 2017 More than half of older adults suffer from delirium after surgery, a condition called postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Researchers at Duke and the University of Rochester Medical Center will test ...
Research Study Will Explore Link Between HIV, Micro-Strokes, and Dementia By Mark Michaud Oct. 1, 2017 New research will seek to understand why people who are HIV positive are more susceptible to a progressive cerebrovascular disease that can ultimately give rise to dementia. One of the goals of the ...
Research URMC Joins Landmark Brain Development Study By Mark Michaud Sep. 25, 2017 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is participating in what is being characterized as the largest long-term study of brain development and child health. The study will follow the ...
Research New Grant Will Examine Link Between ‘Dirty’ Brains and Alzheimer’s By Mark Michaud Sep. 20, 2017 A new $3.2 million grant will bring together biomedical scientists and mechanical engineers in an effort to develop a detailed understanding of the brain’s waste removal system. The research could ...
Research Unraveling RNA and Stereotypes: Q&A with Award-Winning Scientist Lynne Maquat By Emily Boynton Aug. 29, 2017 You might wonder…what makes such a successful scientist tick? We asked.
Research Better Studies Needed to Prevent Pain, Tingling, in Hands and Feet from Chemotherapy By Leslie Orr Aug. 28, 2017 Clinical trials to test treatments for chemotherapy-related neuropathy are tricky to conduct, and therefore better study designs would allow scientists to identify beneficial ways to prevent or treat ...
Research Patient Plays Saxophone While Surgeons Remove Brain Tumor By Mark Michaud Aug. 25, 2017 Music is not only a major part of Dan Fabbio’s life, as a music teacher it is his livelihood. So when doctors discovered a tumor located in the part of his brain responsible for music function, he ...
Patient Care Oak Orchard, UR Medicine Announce Collaboration Agreement By Karin Gaffney Christensen Aug. 16, 2017 Patients of Oak Orchard Health clinics in four Upstate New York counties could soon gain access to more UR Medicine specialists and services under terms of a collaboration agreement announced today.
