http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Rochester Medical Center A new study appearing this week in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law catalogues community-based efforts to develop strategies and policies that – by targeting high risk housing – may hold the key to reducing lead hazards in children's homes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-local-laws-key-dangers-poisoning.html Health Mon, 06 May 2013 15:04:51 EST news287071462 Tamoxifen is a time-honored breast cancer drug used to treat millions of women with early-stage and less-aggressive disease, and now a University of Rochester Medical Center team has shown how to exploit tamoxifen's secondary activities so that it might work on more aggressive breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pathway-tamoxifen-aggressive-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:47:35 EST news285940047 As baby-boomers age and the number of people with serious chronic illnesses continues to rise, the demand for experts in palliative medicine is sure to outstrip the supply, according Timothy E. Quill, M.D., professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Medical Humanities in the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-involving-palliative-demand.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:08 EST news281808128 Most scientists are starting to agree that repeat, sub-concussive hits to the head are dangerous and linked to neurological disorders later in life. A new collaborative study, though, attempted to find out why – and discovered that damage to the blood-brain barrier and the resulting autoimmune response might be the culprit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-brain-injury-autoimmune-phenomenon-multiple.html Immunology Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:01 EST news281808351 Surgeons at the University of Rochester recently introduced a new device to treat potentially deadly aortic aneurysms in the abdomen, reducing the need for invasive surgery and a lengthy recovery. URMC's Heart and Vascular Center is one of just 30 centers in the United States to use a custom-made, fenestrated endovascular graft for the most challenging cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-urmc-treatment-life-threatening-aneurysms.html Surgery Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:24:10 EST news279534243 A study out today in the journal Cell Stem Cell shows that human brain cells created by reprogramming skin cells are highly effective in treating myelin disorders, a family of diseases that includes multiple sclerosis and rare childhood disorders called pediatric leukodystrophies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cells-forged-human-skin-multiple.html Medical research Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:04 EST news279447246 University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have proposed a new reason why acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most aggressive cancers, is so difficult to cure: a subset of cells that drive the disease appear to have a much slower metabolism than most other tumors cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cancer-cell-metabolism-yields-insights.html Cancer Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:15:21 EST news277650914 A new study out today in the journal Science turns two decades of understanding about how brain cells communicate on its head. The study demonstrates that the tripartite synapse – a model long accepted by the scientific community and one in which multiple cells collaborate to move signals in the central nervous system – does not exist in the adult brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-brain-flawed.html Neuroscience Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:00:19 EST news277045517 (Medical Xpress)—A study published recently in the Journal of Nutrition adds to the growing scientific evidence that when expecting mothers eat fish often, they are giving their future children a boost in brain development even though they are exposing their children to the neurotoxin, methyl mercury, present in fish. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-prenatal-exposure-fish-beneficial-child.html Health Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:20:01 EST news276512312 The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be most acute during the early period of post menopause. That is the conclusion of a study which appears today in the journal Menopause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cognitive-difficulties-menopause.html Other Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:44:48 EST news276428682 One of the key features of health care reform is the linking of outcomes with reimbursement, a development that places even greater urgency on the thoroughness and accuracy of documenting a patient's condition and care. A new suite of tools – include a mobile app for iPhones and iPads – developed by the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) helps health care providers paint a more precise picture of the health condition of patients they treat.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mobile-app-document-conditions.html Health Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:11:16 EST news275044263 A computer model of the heart wall predicted risk of irregular heart rhythms and sudden cardiac death in patients, paving the way for the use of more complex cardiac models to calculate the consequences of genetic, lifestyle and other changes to the heart. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-arrhythmias-sudden-cardiac-death-virtual.html Cardiology Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:51:15 EST news274603864 A new study appearing today in the Journal of Neuroscience details for the first time how "mini-strokes" cause prolonged periods of brain damage and result in cognitive impairment. These strokes, which are often imperceptible, are common in older adults and are believed to contribute to dementia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-brain-triggered-mini-strokes.html Neuroscience Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:00:04 EST news274553736 (Medical Xpress)—University of Rochester Medical Center scientists are testing a new approach to speed a patient's recovery of blood counts during a vulnerable period after a stem-cell transplant, according to a study published in the journal Stem Cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-marrow-blood-stem-cells.html Medical research Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:22:56 EST news273928964 Pregnant women with Type 2 diabetes have a better chance at good outcomes than those with Type 1, particularly if they receive proper care before and during their pregnancy, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) study published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine (Nov. 2012). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pregnancy-diabetes-pose-women-common.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:05:34 EST news273225924