Tag: patients and families

Farm life and transportation present unique challenges for Wilmot Cancer Institute patients in the region, where cancer incidence is among highest in the U.S.

Members of UR Medicine’s Vascular Surgery and Infectious Diseases divisions are using our health system’s race and ethnicity data to explore how treatment and clinical outcomes differ among patients ...

Strong Memorial Hospital provided a record 40 life-saving heart transplants last year. Those second chances, made possible by organ donors, are priceless for our patients and their families.

A sore throat in the mornings can go hand in hand with winter weather and dry air. But how can you tell when a sore throat is just a symptom of a cold or allergies, and when it may be something more ...

TENS devices, which block pain and are readily available, may be useful for cancer patients, a new study shows.

Sarah Moore’s life over the past year has been mind-boggling and, at the same time, miraculous, after she spent more than 200 days in the hospital at Wilmot Cancer Institute.

A large NIH grant funds UR team to develop drugs without animal testing.

For years, BMI—body mass index—has been the go-to tool for plotting our weight into categories. If your BMI number is 25 or higher, you fall into the overweight or obese category. So, does that mean ...

Jack Pilarski, of Pittsford, represents a success story. He had been smoking for 60 years. After receiving information about Wilmot’s Tobacco Cessation Program, he decided to take the plunge. He ...

Winter can bring suffering to the millions of people living with eczema. Dermatologist Lisa Beck provides tips for eczema patients looking to keep the winter woes at bay.