Patient Care UR Medicine Helps Forge National Stroke Care Guidelines By Mark Michaud Mar. 28, 2014 A new statement from the American Heart Association recommends that people recovering from a severe stroke receive tailored and coordinated care that optimizes quality of life and minimizes ...
Patient Care UR Medicine’s Campbell Named Chair of National Family Medicine Council By Karin Gaffney Christensen Mar. 23, 2014 Thomas L. Campbell, M.D., the William Rocktaschel Professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine, was recently elected chair of the Council of Academic Family Medicine.
NICU Patient's Fairy Tale Journey By URMC Communications Mar. 21, 2014 Did you know that Golisano Children's Hospital is not just a place of healing, but also a place of magic and enchantment? The Colon family and their daughter Maiya experienced this magic first hand ...
Patient Care 2014 Rochester River Run/Walk Set for April 6 By URMC Communications Mar. 18, 2014 To raise awareness for organ transplant patients and families at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital Transplant Units, the Friends of Strong volunteer organization is inviting individuals and ...
Patient Care Health Care Proxies: Let Your Voice Be Heard By Lori Barrette Mar. 17, 2014 From when the alarm blasts us awake until we drift off to sleep at night, the days are chock-full of choices—not only snap judgments, but those that require deeper thought. With the hundreds of ...
Spread the Word to End the Word By URMC Communications Mar. 11, 2014 This week, Cafe 601 at the University of Rochester Medical Center broke into a party, celebrating with a DJ and a blues band the many pledges from its diners to end the use of the “R-word.” All ...
Research Female Fertility: What’s Testosterone Got To Do With It? By URMC Communications Mar. 5, 2014 The use of testosterone to improve outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization is taking hold across the country, but data on its use is slim and mixed. A new study suggests that male ...
Education Colon Exhibit Aims to Raise Awareness of Cancer Screenings By Karin Gaffney Christensen Mar. 4, 2014 The Cancer Services Program of Monroe County, part of the Center for Community Health, in partnership with Cancer Mission 2020, led by Camp Good Days and Special Times, are joining forces to bring a ...
Patient Care Just Add Water: Quenching Your Winter-Parched Skin By Lori Barrette Mar. 3, 2014 Freezing temperatures and harsh winds can wreak havoc on our skin. Mix cold, dry, windy weather with indoor heating and the result for your skin may be an itchy, scaly mess. UR Medicine Dermatologist ...
Research Researchers Seeking Volunteers to Test Vaccine against Common Herpes Virus By Emily Boynton Feb. 24, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry are testing a new vaccine against a little-known but widespread herpes virus called cytomegalovirus or CMV.
