Patient Care Could Peanuts Prevent Peanut Allergy? By Lori Barrette Mar. 16, 2015 A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine provided strong evidence that early introduction of peanuts can play a role in preventing children from developing peanut allergy. Pediatric food ...
Patient Care Regular Screening May Prevent Colorectal Cancer By Ruth Harper-Rhode Mar. 13, 2015 March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to learn about this disease and actions you can take to help prevent it.
Marching toward opening By URMC Communications Mar. 13, 2015 It feels like it was just yesterday that we broke ground on the new Golisano Children's Hospital, but in just a few months, we'll be moving in our patients and their families! For the next few ...
Ugly Disco celebrates 12 groovy years this weekend By URMC Communications Mar. 5, 2015 Thousands of UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital supporters will be transported back in time Saturday, March 7, at the 12th annual Ugly Disco bash to benefit sick and injured kids in the ...
Community Ugly Disco Celebrates 12 Years of Helping Kids By Rebecca Youmell Mar. 2, 2015 Thousands of UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital supporters will be transported back in time Saturday, March 7, at the 12th annual Ugly Disco bash to benefit sick and injured kids in the ...
Research New Study Details Burden of C. Diff in U.S. By Emily Boynton Mar. 1, 2015 Clostridium difficile or C. diff caused almost half a million infections in the United States in 2011, largely due to the overuse of antibiotics, according to a new study led by scientists at the ...
Girl battling cancer finds comfort in unusual friend By URMC Communications Feb. 26, 2015 Since the beginning of the school year a stuffed monkey named Mavrie has sat in Avrie Sinesiou’s chair in her first grade classroom at Seneca Elementary. “Monkey in My Chair” is a national campaign ...
Patient Care Pop Quiz: Sorting Out Soda Stats By Lori Barrette Feb. 26, 2015 Ah, the sweet, refreshing effervescence of an ice-cold soda. Many of us enjoy it with meals and snacks. Some of us wake up with it rather than coffee. But recent studies suggest that soda—even the ...
Patient Care Myth Buster: 3 Facts About Vaccines By Lori Barrette Feb. 26, 2015 News media and social networks are frequently buzzing with debate over vaccines. Blame and misinformation are everywhere. UR Medicine pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Geoffrey Weinberg ...
Education Dyson Day Lecture to Address Child Poverty, Links to Health Care By URMC Communications Feb. 24, 2015 Ed Doherty, former Vice President for Community Programs at the Rochester Area Community Foundation (RACF) and author of a series of special reports on the area’s poverty issues, will speak at the ...
