A multiyear investment in Oscine Therapeutics will advance the firm’s efforts to combat degenerative diseases that eat away at the central nervous system.
Health & Science
A Medicaid reform side effect
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The unreimbursed burden of new paperwork for therapists has led to long waiting lists for children needing speech, occupational or physical therapy.
Health & Science
Researching how teens’ brains develop
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The University of Rochester Medical Center is part of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever undertaken in the United States.
Government & Politics
The complexities of legalizing cannabis
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it’s time for New York to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana. Making it happen, though, will require dealing with some thorny issues.
Health & Science
Opening the door to clinicians’ notes
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UR Medicine and Rochester Regional Health recently kicked off programs to give patients access to some of their doctors’ clinical notes. Will the move create challenges?
Health & Science
New York bucks trend in face of Texas ruling
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On Dec. 14 a Texas judge declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. In New York, the New York State of Heath insurance exchange reported gains in enrollment.
Health & Science
Do bundled payments put some patients at risk?
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Is an alternative payment scheme designed to cut costs and improve care inadvertently shortchanging minorities and poorer patients? A URMC researcher aims to find out.
Innovation
Saving laser research
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It was only a few months ago that the University of Rochester’s Laser Lab was uncertain about its future. Now, it has joined eight other high-intensity laser facilities tasked with restoring the nation’s competitive edge in laser research.
Health & Science
Unraveling a suspected cause of cognitive deficits
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While the number of children diagnosed with some cognitive disorders is rising, a definitive answer to what causes them has remained elusive. A local researcher hopes to investigate at the prenatal stage.
Health & Science
Is single payer in New York the answer?
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A tribal conflict over the fate of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act has rekindled support for universal access and the single-payer model. The Rochester Beacon asked the St. Joseph Neighborhood Center’s Sr. Christine Wagner and former Excellus CEO David Klein to address this important topic.
The other opioid crisis
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Rochester health care providers are hard at work averting another type of opioid crisis: a shortage of injectable opioids for home hospice and other outpatients who truly need them. How are they dealing with the challenge?