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STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Men with advanced cancer are 30 percent less likely than women to consider palliative care, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study. Researchers…
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO, N.Y. — Each Wednesday on Eyewitness News (Channel 7) at 5am, 5pm and 6pm, Univera Healthcare Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Vienne shares…
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Anthony Camnetar remembers the first time he was told that he had von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. He was 12 years old and…
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced approval of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access and Research (STAR) Act (S.292). Higgins, a member of the bipartisan Childhood…
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. — Congressman Chris Collins (NY-27) today announced that the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act was reported favorably from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.…
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) urged the National Institutes of Health to renew Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s national designation, set to expire in 2019. Higgins…
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO — Tens of thousands of adults in upstate New York are gambling with their health by choosing not to be screened for colon cancer, according to…
PRESS RELEASE Washington D.C. – Two co-chairs of the House Cancer Caucus, Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06) and Brian Higgins (D-NY-26), pushed back against a President Trump budget proposal that includes…
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER — The science behind harnessing the immune system to fight cancer is complicated, but a University of Rochester Medical Center laboratory discovered a simple, practical way to…
STAFF REPORTS news@allwnynews.com UR Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will sponsor the 6th annual Strollin’ for the Colon 5K Walk/Run beginning at 10 a.m. on May 13, at Highland…