Patient Care Halloween Safety Tips and Tricks By Sydney Burrows Oct. 29, 2024 If your family is trick-or-treating or adding some spooky decorations to the house, it’s important to keep safety front of mind. Pediatric and orthodontic UR Medicine experts suggest following these ...
Research RSV Vaccines Effective, But More People Need to Get Them By Mark Michaud Oct. 28, 2024 Angela Branche, MD, details what we learned after the first season following the approval of RSV vaccines,
Research Benefits of Liver Transplant for Colorectal Cancer: Looking Back on Five Years By Susanne Pallo Oct. 22, 2024 Patients who have colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver come from all over the U.S. to have living-donor liver transplants at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A new report shows ...
Research In Landmark Study, Immunotherapy Boosts Survival of Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Oct. 16, 2024 A treatment that rallies the immune system to destroy cancer raised the survival rate for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma patients to a remarkable 92 percent, suggesting a new standard therapy for the ...
Patient Care Buyer, Beware of Fake Botox By Barb Ficarra Oct. 10, 2024 Botox treatments are safe and effective when administered by a trained professional, but there are scammers out there. Earlier this year, consumers in New York and eight other states experienced ...
Patient Care How a Cancer Wellness Center Uses Integrative Medicine to Help Patients Manage Side Effects By Ruth Harper-Rhode Oct. 9, 2024 Undergoing cancer treatment can be challenging, with many patients experiencing side effects like fatigue, neuropathy, and chemo-brain. The University of Rochester and Wilmot Cancer Institute have a ...
Research UR Scientists Working to Crack Enduring Mystery of Bone Loss, Regeneration By Barbara Ficarra Oct. 3, 2024 Osteoporosis currently affects 10 million Americans, causes 2 million fragility fractures a year, and carries $20 million in associated health costs. More than 40 million have low bone mass and are ...
Patient Care Are Adults Too Old to Get Braces? By URMC Communications Sep. 27, 2024 Most people think braces are just for teens...think again! Adults can benefit from them too.
Patient Care Two Reasons You’re Probably Not Allergic to Penicillin Anymore By URMC Communications Sep. 27, 2024 Did you know that up to 90 percent of people with a penicillin allergy label can actually outgrow the allergy?
Research New Cancer Cachexia Treatment Boosts Weight Gain and Patient Activity By Leslie Orr Sep. 19, 2024 Wilmot oncologist Richard Dunne, MD, helped to run the nationwide clinical trial to treat this common complication of cancer.