Sure, festivals are about soaking up the sun and the greasy food. But many have a fitness component.
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Pittsford doctor charged with manslaughter in overdose death
The doctor prescribed a mix of opioids and other controlled substances to a patient who struggled with addiction, says NYS AG Letitia James.
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URMC and Rochester Regional to test COVID-19 vaccine
Rochester is one of four sites in the U.S. conducting early-stage clinical trials of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
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Book tour for ‘The Human Superorganism’ stops in Rochester
Rodney Dietert’s new book, “The Human Superorganism,” looks at the universe of microorganisms that surround the human body.
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HEALTH/WELLNESS: The Lotus Flower City
These days, you can’t go anywhere without hearing about the newest yoga craze. Before the dawn of the Victoria’s Secret yoga pants empire, though, things were a little bit different. In the 1950’s and 60’s, yoga began to spread throughout the United States by the way of the disciples of Sri Krishnamacharya, sometimes known as […]
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Erie County passes anti-fracking law
In Monroe County, anti-fracking activists have struggled to get government officials to take fracking-related issues seriously. In particular, they’ve asked the county to pass a law banning its water treatment facilities from taking fracking waste, but their requests have fallen flat. Erie County is a different story. Yesterday, its Legislature passed a law banning fracking on […]
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Climate change and social justice
An upcoming program of the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library will focus on the local opportunities and challenges posed by climate change. Follow the Money: Costs and Opportunities from Climate Change will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 2, at the Central Library’s Kate Gleason Auditorium, 115 South Avenue. The […]
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Breathe easier, Rochester
Each year, the American Lung Association ranks the air quality of the country’s largest metro areas. And this year’s State of the Air report has good news for Monroe County. The Lung Association gave the county high marks on its air quality. The county received an A grade for ground level ozone, and a B […]
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Gimme pizza: considering the student diet
The College Blog is a partnership between City Newspaper and Rochester Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Dr. Hinda Mandell. Each week City will post blogs from several of Mandell’s journalism students, who will write about what concerns Rochester-area college students, both on and off campus. When new college students first move into their on-campus housing, […]
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STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE ’12: Health Services
You have arrived at college, your new home away from home for about 10 months out of the year. Everything is new, especially if you’re living on campus. A new room, new people, new places, and quite possibly the newest thing of all: no parents. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â As great as this newfound freedom might feel, if […]
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NEWS BLOG: URMC study supports PSA use
Many men 50 and older are bobbing and weaving their way through the PSA debate that started a couple of years ago. The prostate-specific antigen test is widely used to screen men for prostate cancer, but a number of studies have raised questions about the value of the PSA test. And last year, the US […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Alternative excercise guide
BY DEB SCHLEEDE You may not be a health nut, but the thought of joining a gym or participating in some sort of physical activity has probably crossed the mind of even the laziest of couch potatoes. There are a slew of gyms and fitness clubs in the Greater Rochester area offering up a wide […]
