Patient Care As Hopes for Early Arthritis Detection Improve, Local Clinic Acts Fast to Save Joints By URMC Communications Mar. 7, 2010 Earlier this year, Swedish researchers suggested that a new, simple blood test might one day allow doctors to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis years before any symptoms arise. Developments like these ...
Patient Care New URMC Clinic Tackles Little-Understood Dry Mouth, Eyes Disease By URMC Communications Mar. 4, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center is taking steps to better understand and treat Sjogren’s disease, launching its first weekly clinic dedicated exclusively to area patients suffering from ...
Patient Care Experts Connect with Lupus Patients, Families at Education Session By URMC Communications Nov. 18, 2009 Patients affected by lupus, along with their families and friends, are invited to the University of Rochester Medical Center’s free patient education day on Saturday, Dec.5.
Research Approved Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise in Early Tests Against Bone Cancer By URMC Communications Nov. 5, 2009 A drug already approved for the treatment of lymphoma may also slow the growth of the most deadly bone cancer in children and teens, according to an early-stage study published online today in the ...
Research Experimental Drug Lets B Cells Live and Lymphoma Cells Die By URMC Communications Sep. 20, 2009 An investigative drug deprived non-Hodgkin lymphoma cells of their ability to survive too long and multiply too fast, according to an early study published recently in the journal Experimental ...
Research Hormone Promises to Keep Joint Injuries from Causing Long-term Osteoarthritis By URMC Communications Sep. 12, 2009 An existing osteoporosis drug is the first ever found to prevent cartilage loss from osteoarthritis following injury to a joint, and may also regenerate some cartilage that has been lost to ...
Patient Care Two Orthopaedic Specialists Join Medical Center By Germaine Reinhardt Aug. 17, 2009 Two new orthopaedic surgeons are joining the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, helping to fill the growing patient volume in sports medicine and ...
Patient Care ACL Injury Prevention Training Held for Section V Coaches By Germaine Reinhardt Jun. 9, 2009 Training programs are being offered to Section V high school coaches to help launch what is believed to be the nation’s first and only community injury prevention program for anterior cruciate ...
Research School of Medicine and Dentistry Names Puzas to Lead Basic Science Research By Germaine Reinhardt May. 17, 2009 J. Edward Puzas, Ph.D., Donald and Mary Clark Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and director of orthopaedic research, today was named senior associate ...
Research Autoimmunity Center of Excellence Recharged with New Funding By URMC Communications May. 10, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center is one of only nine institutions nationwide to receive a new wave of National Institutes of Health dollars designed to help unravel – and design treatments ...