Patient Care Fitness Trackers: Trend or Tool By Lori Barrette Jul. 28, 2015 Move over, wristwatch, there’s a new accessory in town and it’s sleek, functional and wildly popular. Wearable fitness devices are strapped around the wrists of people everywhere, tracking their ...
Patient Care Strong Memorial Hospital Specialties Among U.S. News and World Report’s ‘Nation’s Best' By Barbara Ficarra Jul. 21, 2015 Four adult specialties at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital have captured a spot in the Top 50 programs in the nation for treating complex conditions, according to U.S. News & World Report’s ...
Research URMC Leads International Study of Heart Drug By Emily Boynton Jul. 7, 2015 Researchers are testing a new drug for patients with an inherited heart rhythm disorder called Long QT syndrome, one of the leading causes of sudden cardiac death in adults and children. The phase ...
Patient Care Defining Heart Disease By Lori Barrette Jun. 22, 2015 People often equate heart disease with heart attacks, but they’re not one and the same. UR Medicine preventive cardiologist Dr. John Bisognano explains five common forms of heart disease and offers ...
People Ceremony Marks Investiture of Mark Taubman as Medical Center CEO By URMC Communications Jun. 12, 2015 Mark B. Taubman, M.D., was formally invested as the Chief Executive Officer of the University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences at the ...
Patient Care Golisano Children’s Hospital among Nation’s Best in Nephrology, Endocrinology By URMC Communications Jun. 9, 2015 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital has earned a place among the nation’s best hospitals in two pediatric specialty areas – nephrology and endocrine/diabetes – in U.S. News & World Report’s ...
Patient Care Rick Aab Commits $3M to New Golisano Children’s Hospital By Barbara Ficarra May. 18, 2015 Richard (Rick) T. Aab, a University of Rochester trustee, has made a $3 million commitment to the Golisano Children’s Hospital Building Fund, bringing his total support for The Meliora Challenge, the ...
Patient Care Tears Shed as Heart Transplant Recipient Meets Young Donor's Family By Leslie White Apr. 16, 2015 Nervous excitement was building as Claude Brown prepared to meet the family of his heart donor. The Lockport-area man received the gift of life in 2010 at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital after ...
Research Weather Map Lookalike Tracks Heart Problems, not Sun or Snow By URMC Communications Apr. 15, 2015 A U.S. patent has been issued for a tool invented at URMC that helps to identify people at high or low risk for heart attacks.
Research $2.5 Million Grant Funds Research on Preventing Damage from Heart Attack By Emily Boynton Apr. 5, 2015 With a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, scientists at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry will study a new way to prevent the damage caused by a ...
