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Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, show that anger may indeed affect the heart because of how it impairs blood vessel function. Previous research has suggested there’s a link between an acute episode of anger and an increased risk of heart attack. Researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Yale School of Medicine, St. […]
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has been granted $27 million to conduct a comprehensive study evaluating the necessity of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) in heart failure patients. ICDs are devices used to prevent cardiac arrest by correcting deadly arrhythmias, yet current data show that only about 1% of these patients receive lifesaving shocks […]
This Earth Day 2024, President Joe Biden announced a $7b investment in solar energy through the “Solar for All” initiative, funded by the $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2023. This program aims to enhance access to clean energy for over 900,000 households in disadvantaged communities. The investment is part of a broader week […]
A team from Rochester Institute of Technology, in partnership with New York Sea Grant, is addressing plastic pollution in Rochester, N.Y., by studying how litter enters the sewer system and ultimately impacts the environment and water sources. The project involves the use of “Littatraps,” devices installed in sewer drains designed to catch debris larger than […]
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will offer unprecedented opportunities for scientific study. The eclipse’s path, covering a densely populated corridor from Mexico through the U.S. to Canada, enables both professional scientists and “citizen scientists” to participate in a wide range of experiments. Activities planned include photographing the sun’s corona, observing animal behavior […]
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have achieved a medical milestone by transplanting a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old man, marking the first procedure of its kind. This groundbreaking operation offers hope to the hundreds of thousands of Americans suffering from kidney failure, as the transplanted kidney, which began producing […]
With the COVID-19 hospitalizations increasing for the fifth straight week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facilities have reintroduced mandatory masking. Two major hospitals in New York as well as health care company Kaiser Permanente at its Santa Rosa, California, have brought back masking. Movie studio Lionsgate is also reportedly […]
Conkey Cruisers was extended an opportunity to bring five youth to the Organization Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) Ace Academy in Honolulu next month. OBAP’s Aerospace Career Education (ACE) Academy provides middle and high school youth with exposure to opportunities in aerospace through week-long summer academies. Endorsed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), OBAP has played a […]
MONDAY Partly Sunny Areas of Smoke Air Quality Alert Few PM Isolated Showers & Storms Rochester Rain (00.00-00.00”) (Rain 20%) High 85° SW 5-10 MONDAY NIGHT Isolated Showers & Storms Mild Rochester Rain (00.00-00.10”) (Rain 60%) Low 65° SW 5-10 Follow me on Facebook and Instagram for forecast updates If you have been injured in a car accident make it easy […]
Gearing up for 2024 Rochester, NY will be the center of a Total Solar Eclipse. The Total Solar Eclipse will take place on April 8th, 2024 and Rochester sits right in the center of the path totality. If you miss this one the next total solar eclipse won’t happen until 2045. The last Solar Eclipse […]
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