7+ hour, 53+ min ago   (653+ words) The number of confirmed measles cases across the Finger Lakes has reached at least 20 after Wayne County reported its first two infections, extending a regional increase that has now touched six counties. Wayne County Public Health confirmed the two cases…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago   (636+ words) Cornell researchers have developed a lightweight wireless device that can record brain activity from animals moving freely in natural environments, giving scientists a new way to study behavior that has been difficult or impossible to reproduce in laboratories. The device,…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (278+ words) University of Rochester researchers have found that a protein long associated with chronic inflammation and aging may also play an important protective role, complicating efforts to target it in therapies for age-related disease. The protein, known as cGAS, can detect…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (255+ words) Rochester Regional Health has added a general surgeon who is accepting patients at its Clifton Springs and Geneva offices, expanding appointment options for people seeking surgical care in the Finger Lakes. Dr. Edwin Jimenez is seeing patients at Clifton Springs…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (589+ words) Specialty medications have become routine care for people managing serious, long-term illnesses. These therapies often treat conditions that do not respond well to standard prescriptions. Many require injection, infusion, refrigeration, dose review, or close clinical supervision. Used appropriately, they can…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (368+ words) University of Rochester Medicine is marking 25 years of research and clinical care focused on people exposed to dust, smoke and debris after the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks. Its work has ranged from early laboratory studies of dust to long-term…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (477+ words) About 8 in 10 U.S. adults take at least one dietary supplement for health reasons, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Vitamins and minerals are the most common, with two-thirds of adults saying they currently use products such as multivitamins, iron or…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (492+ words) New York has awarded $2 million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for a cancer genomics study involving first responders exposed to toxins after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The project is examining blood samples for precancerous mutations that could identify responders at…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (229+ words) University of Rochester researchers found that removing a protein associated with persistent inflammation caused mice to age faster, challenging expectations that blocking it could slow aging. The finding suggests the protein, known as cGAS, may have both harmful and protective…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (479+ words) New York has released a five-year suicide prevention strategy with 46 action items focused on crisis care, data collection, community programs and equitable access to services. The plan was announced on World Suicide Prevention Day as the state reported 1,701 deaths by…...