Patient Care UR Medicine and Jones Memorial Hospital Explore Formal Affiliation By URMC Communications Dec. 18, 2014 UR Medicine and Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville announced today that they are considering a formal affiliation. Leaders from both organizations emphasize that talks are still preliminary and a ...
Community Teens Support Teens at Children's Hospital with Annual Rainbow Classic By Rebecca Youmell Dec. 15, 2014 Rival schools Pittsford Sutherland and Pittsford Mendon will go head-to-head when their men’s and women’s varsity basketball teams face one another in the 14th annual Rainbow Classic tournament ...
Community An Eye for the Plentiful By URMC Communications Dec. 14, 2014 What does “abundance” mean to you? That’s the question more than one dozen artists answer in a juried exhibit, called “Abundance,” now on display at the Bridge Art Gallery at the University of ...
Research New Technology Helps Predict Vision Recovery After Brain Tumor Surgery By URMC Communications Dec. 12, 2014 An interdisciplinary team of University neuroscientists and neurosurgeons has used a new imaging technique to show how the human brain heals itself in just a few weeks following surgical removal of a ...
Santa visits the NICU By URMC Communications Dec. 12, 2014 Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) had a very special visitor this week! Santa was able to find time in his busy schedule to visit our tiniest patients and their families. Tricia White, a proud ...
Research Commonly Prescribed Drug for Lower Back Pain Not Effective By Mark Michaud Dec. 10, 2014 A new study out today in the journal Neurology shows that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the pain associated with lumbar spinal stenosis, the most common type of chronic lower back pain ...
Patient Care 3-Way Story of Organ Donation, Transplant Highlighted with Donate Life Float at Rose Parade By Leslie White Dec. 8, 2014 A three-way story of Rochester-area organ donation and transplantation will unfold at the Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1. A trio of families will represent the many organ donors and recipients ...
Research Researchers receive grant to study gene therapy and DNA delivery By URMC Communications Dec. 5, 2014 Since its discovery several decades ago, gene therapy has been a medicinal sphinx, with doctors as enamored by its potential as they are frustrated by the riddles it presents. Researchers at the ...
Research Blows to Head Damage Brain’s ‘Garbage Truck,’ Accelerate Dementia By Mark Michaud Dec. 2, 2014 A new study out today in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that traumatic brain injury can disrupt the function of the brain’s waste removal system. When this occurs, toxic proteins may accumulate in ...
Happy Thanksgiving from Golisano Children's Hospital By URMC Communications Nov. 27, 2014 Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for this holiday. We are grateful for our patient families, like the Conrows, who remind us to celebrate each day and the memories made with each ...
