General Physician, PC is pleased to announce that it has earned accreditation from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). Diabetes is now considered a pandemic with more than 30 million people in the United States believed to have the disease. Kelly Cardamone, MS, RD, CDE, CDN
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What if a drug that sits in nearly everyone’s medicine cabinet could help extend the lives of some cancer patients? In companion presentations at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, doctors from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center report new evidence that
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September 28 was the occasion for two special honors for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Philip McCarthy, MD, who was applauded for his achievements by the City of Buffalo and at the inaugural Fire Ball Sickle Cell Awareness Dinner & Award Ceremony. Dr. McCarthy is presented with
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Breast cancer is a disease that affects the health of one in eight American women in their lifetime. Breast cancer is also a disease that can be detected through mammography, or digital imaging of the breast. When found in its early stages, breast cancer can be easier
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Two faculty members in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo are serving on New York State’s Maternal Mortality Advisory Council. Vanessa M. Barnabei, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Gale R. Burstein, MD,
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Co-Chairs Dr. Elad Levy of Kaleida Health and David Anderson of BlueCross BlueShield along with hundreds of other area companies ride to raise lifesaving funds, at Cyclenation, for heart disease and stroke in our community. WHO: The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) in conjunction with BlueCross
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Numerous activities will be available on Thursday, September 12, at the free Health and Wellness Open House event hosted by People Inc. Marigold Senior Living. The event, geared for older adults and their families, will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3026 Grand Island,
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The Erie County Department of Health, in partnership with CAI (Cicatelli Associates Inc.), has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) to facilitate and resource a community-driven plan to reduce teen pregnancy in nine zip
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center immunology researchers have uncovered a biomarker that may help explain why some patients respond better than others to a common chemotherapy treatment for liver cancer. They hope that their analysis of immune responses among patients receiving sorafenib can lead to more individualized
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have received more than a dozen recent grant awards totaling more than $15.4 million. These competitive awards from both government agencies and private funders will fuel research to overcome obstacles in treating diseases like prostate, breast, colon and lung cancer, as
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