It’s the high fructose, Stupid!

May. 17 |                   Too much sugar will dumb ya up: U.S. Scientists warn!    

UB Emergency Medical Services Receives Health Care Innovation Award

May. 8 | We Can’t Wait: New York Project Receives Health Care Innovation Award26

Schumer Legislation Would Extend Programs to Support Rural Hospitals

May. 8 | U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced legislation that will extend two Medicare payment programs that are critical to rural hospitals in Western New York and across Upstate New York, and that are set to expire this year. The Medicare-Dependent Hospital...

Move over Pink Slime, there’s arsenic and other chemicals in the Chicken

May. 8 | Is it really any surprise that Industrial food production has disregarded public health in the name of profit? It should be common knowledge that products like ground beef and hot dogs are filled with the lesser quality cuts of meat, but pink slime is...

What is Melanoma?

May. 6 | Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 8:27pm Nikhil Khushalani, MD Section Chief, Soft Tissue and Melanoma & Director, IL-2 Program,...

Dental X-Rays and Brain Tumors: Understanding the Research

May. 4 | Friday, May 4, 2012 - 3:21pm By Robert Fenstermaker, MD Chair, Department of Neurosurgery and Director, Neuro-Oncology...

Inefficient Systems Drive Me Crazy!

May. 4 | My daughter Julia turned six months old the other day. At six months additional shots are required, so on Wednesday May 3rd Julia, Cheryl and I went to the doctor’s office for an appointment. After the shots were done and a very angry Julia let...

Fine Art Healing and Health

May. 2 | Impact Artists’ Gallery#545 Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main St., Buffalo,14214716-835-6817

First Buffalo Celebrates Women Event Features Female Favorites

May. 1 | The first Buffalo Celebrates Women will be held on Sunday, May 20 from 12 noon – 4 pm at the Millennium Hotel on Walden Ave in Cheektowaga. The event encourages women to uncover the secrets of living well, getting healthy and having fun through a series...

A modest increase in upstate New York’s generic fill rate can bring major health care cost savings

Apr. 30 | Annual health care spending in upstate New York can be reduced by $500 million to $1 billion by increasing the percentage of all drug prescriptions that are filled with a generic by just a few points, according to a new fact sheet issued by Univera Healthcare....

New Roswell Park ICU Unites State-of-the-Art Technology, Patient-Centered Design

Apr. 30 | Highlights of Intensive Care Unit include cutting-edge medical equipment, efficient use of space, natural design motifsBUFFALO, NY — Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Training for HHS Providers and Outreach Workers

Apr. 6 | The CHWNB is offering a four day, intensive training for those working in diverse settings in urban Buffalo as health and human service providers, community organizers, and outreach workers(please note: participants should be frontline workers in community...

Western New York Summit on Aging and Independence

Apr. 5 | Erie County Senior Services, Niagara County Office for the Aging and Western New York Independent Living will host the Western New York Summit on Aging and Independence on May 17, 2012 at the Buffalo Marriott, Millersport Hwy, Amherst, N.Y.The mission...

Western New York Summit on Aging and Independence

Apr. 5 | Erie County Senior Services, Niagara County Office for the Aging and Western New York Independent Living will host the Western New York Summit on Aging and Independence on May 17, 2012 at the Buffalo Marriott, Millersport Hwy, Amherst, N.Y.The mission...

New CDC Report On Autism: Prevalence of Autism Much Higher Than Previously Thought

Mar. 29 | CDC estimates 1 in 88 children in United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder CDC data help communities better serve these children The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88 children in the...

Why Are Cars Crashing Into Buildings?

Mar. 27 | By Annette Pinder Itkeeps happening and nobody seems to know why. Since last August there have beenmore than 20 accidents involving cars crashing into buildings in the Buffaloarea. Cars have plowed into an apartment building, a deli, a senior carefacility,...

Buffalo Healthy Living News: Recovery Coach Academy

Mar. 26 | Buffalo Healthy Living News: Recovery Coach Academy

KALEIDA HEALTH EVOLVES LOGO TO REPRESENT FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE

Mar. 12 | BUFFALO, N.Y. (Tuesday, February 28, 2012) – As part of the re-naming of Buffalo GeneralMedical Center and the branding of the new Gates Vascular Institute (GVI),Kaleida Health has simultaneously created a new logo and tagline for theorganization.In...

Seeking Nominations for 2012 Senior of the Year

Mar. 9 | Every May, Older Americans Month honors and recognizes seniors for the contributions they make to our families, communities and society. In keeping with the Administration on Aging theme for 2012 “Never Too Old to Play”encouraging Older Americans...

RPCI Researcher, Local Teen Available to Discuss Surgeon General’s Report on Tobacco Use Among Youth

Mar. 8 | WHAT: U.S. Surgeon General’s Report “Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults,” released today, calls on the nation to make the next generation tobacco-free.A young person from the Amherst Youth Board and a Roswell Park Cancer...

SUNY Buffalo Study: Constant Stress Linked to Memory Loss

Mar. 8 | STUDY BY SUNY BUFFALO RESEARCHERS REVEALS WHY CHRONIC STRESS IMPAIRS MEMORY AND MAY TRIGGER MENTAL ILLNESShronic stress has a more powerful effect on the brain during adolescence than in adulthood and now there's proof at the molecular level, according...

Groundbreaking Heart Procedure Makes Buffalo General Medical Center #1

Mar. 1 | Something that never happened before in Western New York took place in January.Janice Savey of Olean and Robert Cecchini of Tonawanda, who suffered from severeuntreatable aortic stenosis, underwent a new type of surgery, and they believethe...

New Hope for MS Patients in Buffalo

Feb. 28 | Multiplesclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune systemattacks the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). As a result, theprotective myelin coating (sheath) on nerve cells which functions much likeinsulation on an...

Can Dandelion Tea Cure Cancer?

Feb. 28 | Researchers hope to test dandelion tea on patients at a Windsor, Ont., clinic after it was found the roots of the weed killed cancer cells in the laboratory. The promising research is being led by a University of Windsor oncologist, in association with...