Community Fairport Music and Food Festival Celebrates Decade of Helping Children By Rebecca Youmell Aug. 17, 2014 For the past nine years, attendees of the much-anticipated Fairport Music and Food Festival have filled the village of Fairport in support of sick and injured kids at UR Medicine’s Golisano ...
Patient Care Strong West ED Opens After Receiving State DOH Approval By Karin Gaffney Christensen Aug. 17, 2014 The New York State Department of Health has granted approval for an off-campus Emergency Department (ED) at UR Medicine’s Strong West site in Brockport, making it the first such model in Upstate New ...
Fairport Music and Food Festival Celebrates Decade of Support By URMC Communications Aug. 15, 2014 For the past nine years, attendees of the much-anticipated Fairport Music and Food Festival have filled the village of Fairport in support of sick and injured kids at UR Medicine’s Golisano ...
Patient Care Hand, Foot and Mouth: Ugly, Miserable and Contagious By Lori Barrette Aug. 8, 2014 Hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by a virus, and it often starts with common cold symptoms and a fever. Within a few days, the rash appears. Though it's most common in young children, adults ...
Research New Mouse Model May Open New Autism Treatment Research Avenues By URMC Communications Aug. 8, 2014 When a scientist comes up with a great idea for new research, the biggest obstacle is often funding. Landing those big federal grants takes seed money and proof that the idea is worth pursuing, but ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute, Melissa's Living Legacy to Collaborate on Services for Teens, Young Adults By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 7, 2014 Beginning in September, Wilmot Cancer Institute and Melissa’s Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation will collaborate on an innovative program to help teens and young adults navigate life during and ...
Research URMC Researchers Awarded $2.1M to Study E-Cigarettes By URMC Communications Aug. 7, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have commenced a study that will be used to help shape the Food and Drug Administration’s regulations on e-cigarettes, hookahs, and miniature ...
Patient Care Anxiety: Worried About It? By Lori Barrette Aug. 1, 2014 Worried about how much you worry? Everyone feels anxious from time to time. UR Medicine behavioral health expert Dr. Michael Privitera offers insight on anxiety and when it rises to the level of a ...
Patient Care Strong West Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates First Year of Services By Karin Gaffney Christensen Aug. 1, 2014 A new Ambulatory Surgical Center, to be located in space that formerly housed Lakeside’s birthing center, is expected to open later this month. It will include 15 beds, three operating rooms and two ...
"Get Down On It" at the 27th annual Gala By URMC Communications Jul. 30, 2014 The Rochester Riverside Convention Center will be transformed into a tropical getaway for the 27th annual Golisano Children’s Hospital Gala on Oct. 18. Hundreds of advocates for sick and injured ...
