Patient Care Scientist Investigates Muscle Loss among Children with Cancer By Leslie Orr Aug. 2, 2017 A University of Rochester Medical Center researcher received $1.7 million to study and potentially treat the muscle loss that often plagues childhood cancer survivors as they age.
Patient Care URMC to Lead State-Funded Breastfeeding Initiative By Jessica O'Leary Aug. 1, 2017 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is embarking on a five-year initiative to encourage more mothers in high need areas of Monroe County to breastfeed exclusively for the recommended ...
Patient Care Black Bean Burgers with Corn Avocado Salsa By URMC Communications Aug. 1, 2017 Try these tasty and versatile plant-based burgers at your next picnic!
Research “Code Blue” Equals Lower Survival for Cancer Patients By Leslie Orr Jul. 31, 2017 Patients with advanced cancer who suffer cardiac arrest in the hospital have a survival rate of less than 10 percent — half the rate of other patients without cancer, according to a nationwide study ...
Research Scientist Investigates Muscle Loss among Children with Cancer By URMC Communications Jul. 31, 2017 A University of Rochester Medical Center researcher received $1.7 million to study and potentially treat the muscle loss that often plagues childhood cancer survivors as they age.
Patient Care Wilmot’s Survivors Night to unite those impacted by cancer on Aug. 11 By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 28, 2017 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will celebrate cancer survivorship during Survivors Night at Frontier Field as the Rochester Red Wings take on the Norfolk Tides. Anyone who has been impacted by ...
Research URMC Researchers Developing New Tool to Fight Antibiotic Resistance By Emily Boynton Jul. 28, 2017 The overuse of antibiotics is leading to antibiotic resistance, one of the world’s most pressing health threats. Scientists are developing a tool to help health care providers prescribe antibiotics ...
Patient Care State Medicaid Tabs Kaczorowski For Child Health Initiative By URMC Communications Jul. 27, 2017 Jeff Kaczorowski, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital, will serve as Vice-Chair of a new state initiative that focuses on improving health and educational ...
Research University of Rochester Awarded $19 Million to Coordinate National Clinical and Translational Science Program By Susanne Pallo Jul. 26, 2017 With this new funding from the NIH, the university will create a new coordinating center for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program. The new Center for Leading Innovation and ...
Research Surviving a Stroke Propels Career in Brain Research By Mark Michaud Jul. 26, 2017 On a warm day in July 2005, Frank Garcea’s soccer playing days came to an abrupt end when he suffered what could have been a deadly stroke during a practice with his teammates. Instead, the events of ...
