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A joint URMC and RIT research center will study the lifecycle of microplastics in the Great Lakes and how climate change could intensify the environmental and health threats posed by this pollution.

The hypothesis paper builds upon a growing scientific consensus that Parkinson’s disease route to the brain starts in either the nose or the gut and proposes that the likely source is environmental ...

Getting out of the house can be challenging when you are ill. Learn how On-Demand Video Visits with UR Medicine can help.

For people with severe mental illness, a routine trip to the doctor’s office can be overwhelming. To make matters worse, these patients die 15 to 30 years sooner than the average person—often from ...

Our unusually warm winter in the Rochester region may be making hay fever and other seasonal allergies worse, say UR Medicine experts.

David Gill, MD, has been appointed chief of the Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology at URMC. A highly respected local clinician and academic, he returns to the institution where he ...

Partnering with the Mary Cariola Center, URMC researchers found that good airflow and filtration helped children with intellectual and developmental disabilities—many of whom struggle with masking ...

A new bioluminescence imaging technique has created highly detailed images of the movement of oxygen in the brains of mice, enabling researchers to more precisely study forms of brain hypoxia ...

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) granted accreditation for the next 8 years, affirming the medical student education program's commitment to providing a high-quality education that ...

Maiken Nedergaard has been recognized by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization for her “groundbreaking discovery and exploration” of the glymphatic system.