Research Clinical Trial Results Show New Drug is Better for CLL Patients By Leslie Orr Dec. 6, 2015 Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may now have an alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment, according to a national study co-authored by a UR Medicine Wilmot Cancer ...
Patient Care Construction Begins on the Ann and Carl Myers Cancer Center By Lydia Fernandez Oct. 28, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Noyes Health, Jones Memorial Hospital and UR Medicine Radiation Oncology celebrated the start of construction on a regional cancer center based in Dansville, ...
Patient Care URMC Earns $2.5 Million HRSA Grant to Improve Geriatric Care By Lori Barrette Jul. 19, 2015 Efforts to improve health care for older adults in Rochester and the Finger Lakes region will be bolstered by a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health ...
Research Study: Nursing Home Care for Minorities Improves By Mark Michaud Jul. 7, 2015 A new study of nursing homes has found that, while disparities continue to exist, the quality of care in homes with higher concentrations of racial and ethnic minority residents has improved and that ...
Research Wilmot Researchers Define Unique Group of High-Risk Lymphoma Patients By Leslie Orr Jun. 29, 2015 The goal for many cancer patients is to reach the five-year, disease-free mark, but new research from UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute suggests that two years might be a more practical survival ...
Research Exercise as Chemo-brain Treatment Featured at Oncologists’ National Meeting By Leslie Orr Jun. 1, 2015 Cancer patients might feel their best if they simply maintain or only slightly increase their physical activity throughout chemotherapy instead of letting it decline, according to a University of ...
Research Low Vitamin D Linked to Worse Prognosis in Type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Mar. 30, 2015 A new study found that people with lower vitamin D levels prior to treatment for follicular lymphoma succumb to the disease or face relapse earlier than patients with sufficient vitamin D levels in ...
Patient Care Theiss to Lead UR Medicine Thompson Health’s Senior Living Communities By Lori Barrette Jan. 28, 2015 Lloyd Theiss has been named executive director of UR Medicine Thompson Health’s Ferris Hills and Clark Meadows, as well as The Highlands at Pittsford, both senior living communities providing a ...
Research UR Medicine Alzheimer’s Agitation Study Among Top 10 of 2014 By URMC Communications Jan. 11, 2015 The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the world’s largest professional association of neurologists, has included a UR Medicine study among its picks for the most revolutionary research of 2014. ...
Research UR Medicine Conducting Numerous Alzheimer’s Treatment and Prevention Studies By URMC Communications Nov. 6, 2014 As one of the nation’s premier Alzheimer’s disease clinical research sites, UR Medicine is conducting numerous studies into experimental drugs that are designed to treat or prevent this devastating ...
