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• Lasik Surgery Upstate New York

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 168
  Before considering lasik surgery, it helps to know what treatment options are available and what their individual benefits may be. In addition to conventional lasik surgery used to treat common refractive errors, there are several other types of corneal refractive surgery available today. Epi-lasik is very similar ...
  20 hours ago

• Harnessing the Beneficial Effects of Placebo

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 579
  Investigators are exploring methods to incorporate the placebo effect into normal treatment regimens. Benefits of a new placebo protocol include less medication, lower cost and fewer dangerous side-effects with equally effective care. Researchers used this method to successfully treat psoriasis patients with one ...
  1 day ago

• Identify Depression Risk in Elderly

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 579
  Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center believe they can identify elders at the highest risk for developing major depression. Jeffrey M. Lyness, M.D., professor of Psychiatry at the Medical Center and colleagues report their findings in an article in the December issue of The American Journal of ...
  6 days ago

• Avid video game players ‘faster, more accurate in real life’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): A new American study suggests that avid video game players process information faster and more accurately in real life situations.Matthew Dye, Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier, psychological scientists from the University of Rochester, conducted the research.The team reviewed all of the ...
  6 days ago

• Video games help sharpen one’s visual, cognitive skills

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) This holiday gift season is packed with popular gaming systems and adrenaline-pumping, sharpshooting games.Regular gamers are fast and accurate information processors, not only during playtime, but in real-life situations as well, says a new study by University of Rochester (UR) psychologists ...
  6 days ago

• Lasik Surgery Upstate New York

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 168
  Before considering lasik surgery, it helps to know what treatment options are available and what their individual benefits may be. In addition to conventional lasik surgery used to treat common refractive errors, there are several other types of corneal refractive surgery available today. Epi-lasik is very similar ...
  1 week ago

• Study identifies those elderly most at risk for major depression

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 629
  University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have pinpointed the prime factors identifying which elderly persons are at the highest risk for developing major depression. The researchers, led by Jeffrey M. Lyness, M.D., professor of Psychiatry at the Medical Center, reported their findings in an article in the ...
  1 week ago

• UR study reveals chemos toxicity to brain, possible treatment

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  (University of Rochester Medical Center) Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.
  1 week ago

• Lasik Rochester New York

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 168
  The University of Rochester Medical Center is probably the largest local resource in the Rochester area for lasik surgeons. Its website has a useful ?Find a Provider? link to help you find eye surgeons who specialize in corneal surgery. Most of these surgeons are affiliated with the Strong Memorial Hospital. On the ...
  1 week ago

• ‘Black metal’ discovery could advance the use of T-rays for medical scanning

  
  Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine — Authority: 702
  Scientist Chunlei Guo discovered a way to change the surface of a variety of metals so they absorbed virtually all light by using intense laser light in late 2006. He followed up his “black metal” discovery in 2008 by discovering how to use the same basic process to alter surface properties to turn metals a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Turning metal black more than just a novelty

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 629
  University of Rochester optics professor Chunlei Guo made headlines in the past couple of years when he changed the color of everyday metals by scouring their surfaces with precise, high-intensity laser bursts. Suddenly it was possible to make sheets of golden tungsten, or black aluminum. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Leadership in Action @ Simon

  
  Simon School Admissions Blog — Authority: 411
  By: Ameet Chandak, M.B.A. Candidate 2010 When asking students why they want an M.B.A., the most frequent response is to improve their “leadership qualities and potential.”  How do you achieve this goal with a hectic academic schedule?  The Simon M.B.A. imbibes the leadership spirit in its true sense and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Open Letter Books

  
  David Henderson - consultant, author, journalist — Authority: 417
  Chad Post While visiting the University of Rochester recently, I learned about Open Letter Books , an exciting, new book translation and publishing enterprise at the University that’s opening up a whole new spectrum of literature for American readers. The point is to cultivate an appreciation for international ...
  2 weeks ago

• Program hones job skills for grads with developmental disabilities

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 137
  Project SEARCH offers hope amid massive unemploymentFrom the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:Project SEARCH, a national job training program for young adults with developmental disabilities, is helping a dozen young adults polish their skills at Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meet Simon Students in a City Near You during Winter Break!

  
  Simon School Admissions Blog — Authority: 411
  By: Stefanie Simon student ambassadors are returning home or traveling during Winter Break 2009 and hope to meet at a cafe near you!  We are excited to be launching our inaugural "Simon Ambassadors@Home" program and you can find all available cities on our website . This is a great opportunity to learn in a ...
  2 weeks ago

• The YEA! Program

  
  The Women Entrepreneurs Blog @ Simon — Authority: 114
  by Claire Siegrist, YEA member I applied for The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) back in May 2009 with dreams of launching my own business. I am very excited about it. During the program, October to June, we will create a business plan, meet with graphic and web designers, and present to an investor panel with ...
  4 weeks ago

• Enwonwu book wins Herskovits Award 2009

  
  AACHRONYM — Authority: 99
  My book, Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist (University of Rochester Press, 2008) has won the 2009 Herskovits Award of the African Studies Association. The Herskovits Award is presented annually for the best scholarly work on Africa published in English in the previous year and distributed in the US.
  4 weeks ago

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