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I’m full, and I mean that in a spiritual sense. I’ve attended six graduation ceremonies in a little more than a week.

Michael F. Stapleton, Jr. is Thompson Health's new president and CEO. Following a national search, the Thompson Health Board of Directors voted unanimously during their meeting to appoint Stapleton.

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An unusually broad collaboration of health professionals from the greater Rochester area has been selected by the National Institutes of Health to help lead the nation's assault on pain.

A group of local physicians and scientists have been chosen to join a team to educate the nation on pain management.

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Not too simple and not too complicated: Babies focus their attention on situations that are "just right," according to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE .

The folks at IBM are still trying to figure out what exactly to do with their amazing artificial intelligence computer Watson , and they're looking to all kinds of sources for inspiration.

"As the first head D.B. Weldon Library, I, essentially, 'grew up' in the belly of this great research library over the 17 years that I worked in this magnificent building.

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs, including methicillin resistant Staph. aureus , have become household words.

Newswise - Long before babies understand the story of Goldilocks, they have more than mastered the fairy tale heroine's method of decision-making. Infants ignore information that is too simple or too complex, focusing instead on situations that are "just right," according to a new study to be published in the journal PLoS ONE on May 23.

The doctor who ran the ultrasound group called her into his office and broke the news that her baby had a "When I first heard hernia, I thought that it was no biggie," she recalled.

The academic leaders for the class of 2012 at Ogdensburg Free Academy are Kori Bresett, ranked first in her class, and Makenzi Stevenson, ranked second.

The Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center was awarded grant funds to enhance training and education for professionals who assess and care for people with Alzheimer's Disease.

Xi-Cheng Zhang, director of the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, has been named the winner of the Optical Society's 2012 William F. Meggers Award, which recognizes outstanding work in spectroscopy.

The University of Rochester Warner School of Education has received $1.95 million from the U.S. Department of Education for a project to provide instruction to English language learners, university officials announced Monday.

From the Department of Angiocardioneurology , Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy; Department of Molecular Medicine , "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy; Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute , University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Section of Behavioural Neurosciences , Department of Cell ... (more)

America we have a crisis on our hands. Thousands of men and women who have served our country are killing themselves each year.

The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium has selected 11 health professional schools as designated Centers of Excellence in Pain Education .

Newswise - Although campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence, for decades political scientists have failed to establish a direct connection between money and legislative outcomes.