University of Rochester News

A newly discovered mechanism controls whether muscle cells in blood vessels hasten the development of both atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease, according to an article published online today in the journal Nature .

Rochester police say 21-year-old Aston Spalding was shot in the left hip around 11 Friday night.

Pennsylvania annually puts $20 million in taxpayer dollars toward new technology businesses.

The University of Rochester River Campus Libraries announce that Serials Solutions, a leader in providing technology solutions for libraries, has joined the eXtensible Catalog Project-an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded project currently underway at the University's River Campus Libraries.

Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. and the University of Rochester have each been awarded $50,000 in federal funding.

Laura Warren Hill, oral history project coordinator By any measure, the race riots of 1964 were a turning point in the history of Rochester.

With the increasing popularity of whitening onea s teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, set out to learn if there are negative effects on the tooth from using whitening products.

Rochester, N.Y. - " University of Rochester President Joel Seligman has been elected to the board of directors at Eastman Kodak, the company announced Monday.

For the past twenty years, the Summer Institute on Catholic Education, sponsored by the University of Rochester's Warner School of Education, has presented educators not only with thoughtful discussions on the emerging trends and issues facing Catholic education, but also an environment in which to share their stories about faith-based schools.

A University of Rochester Medical Center spokesperson confirms Hilton High School Senior Rachael Girard, 17, has died.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 25 Jun 2009 St.

Main Category: Heart Disease Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 24 Jun 2009 - 3:00 PDT Boston Scientific Corporation and the University of Rochester Medical Center announced that the landmark MADIT-CRT trial has met its primary endpoint.

A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator versus patients who received only an implanted cardiac defibrillator .

The University of Rochester Medical Center has received the Leadership Award for Community Benefit Excellence from VHA, Inc., a national health care alliance.The award is in recognition of the Medical Center's work with community partners to address a number of public health challenges, including lead poisoning.

Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center are using Cryo-Spray Ablation Therapy, a new technology only available at 70 centers across the country.

Taking over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen might help men avoid prostate problems.

The successes of the members of the Notre Dame High School class of 2009, both academically and in sports, lent an expected seriousness to their graduation ceremony Friday night at the high school.

Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center has been ranked 25th in Pediatric Orthopaedics in U.S.News & World Report's 2009 edition of America's Best Children's Hospitals.

A unique and innovative telemedicine project is providing distant nursing home patients with Parkinson's disease access to neurologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Doctors who ignore the socioeconomic status of patients when evaluating their risk for heart disease are missing a crucial element that might result in inadequate treatment, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the June 2009 American Heart Journal .