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When children are exposed to head and neck radiation, whether due to cancer treatment or multiple diagnostic CT scans, the result is an increased risk of thyroid cancer for the next 58 years or ...

University of Rochester School of Nursing associate professor and nationally recognized researcher Nancy M. Watson, Ph.D., R.N., F.G.S.A., was recently named the 2010 New York State Distinguished ...

The death of Elizabeth Edwards is a sad reminder of the importance of annual mammograms to detect breast cancer and the tendency for women to put their personal health at risk because of the many ...

Behind the great basketball rivalry between the two Pittsford high schools is a powerful spirit of giving. This year’s Rainbow Classic fundraiser will celebrate its tenth year of giving to help ...

Children living in apartments are exposed to secondhand smoke even when no one smokes inside their own unit. This study, released online today by the journal Pediatrics, strongly suggests that ...

The New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC) is awarding the Institute for Innovative Transition at the University of Rochester a $150,000 grant to increase awareness and ...

Scientists have created a way to isolate neural stem cells – cells that give rise to all the cell types of the brain – from human brain tissue with unprecedented precision, an important step toward ...

If skin is the body’s fortress against germ invaders, shouldn’t minimally invasive surgeries carry less risk for serious infection than procedures that slice the body wide open? New research ...

The gap in flu vaccination rates between elderly whites, African-Americans and Hispanics is amplified when vaccine supply is limited or delayed. That is the conclusion of a study out today in the ...

Only the fragile chicken egg stands between Americans and a flu pandemic that would claim tens of thousands more lives than are usually lost to the flu each year. Now scientists have taken an ...