Research NIH Awards $7.5M for UR Center to Help Shape Future of Drug Development By Leslie Orr Jan. 9, 2024 A large NIH grant funds UR team to develop drugs without animal testing.
Patient Care Is BMI Accurate? New Evidence Says No By Lori Barrette Jan. 8, 2024 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 ...
Community Resisting the Urge: How One Smoker Quit a Decades-Long Habit By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jan. 5, 2024 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 ...
Patient Care Best Eczema Treatments for Winter By Jeff Koslofsky Jan. 4, 2024 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.
Community Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin’s Milestone Shines Spotlight on CPR By Leslie White Jan. 2, 2024 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) helped save Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and inspired countless people to learn. UR Medicine and the American Heart Association are expanding CPR readiness in ...
Patient Care URMC First in Nation to Use Sound Wave Therapy for Liver Tumors By Karin Gaffney Christensen Dec. 22, 2023 Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center are first in the nation to use a cutting-edge therapy for patients with cancerous tumors in their liver. Using high-intensity sound waves, ...
Patient Care Immunotherapy, and a Refocused Outlook, are the Gifts that Keep on Giving for Melanoma Survivor By Ruth Harper-Rhode Dec. 22, 2023 While many celebrate the season with gifts for one another, Jude Brock - a survivor of stage 4 melanoma - has a different take on the word “gift”.
Patient Care New Advanced Brain Injury Rehab Unit Opens at Strong Memorial Hospital By Mark Michaud Dec. 18, 2023 The state-of-the-art, 11-bed unit is dedicated to helping patients recover function and independence after traumatic brain injury and stroke.
Patient Care New Issue of Dialogue Hits Mailboxes: Meet the New Chief of Pediatric Oncology By Ruth Harper-Rhode Dec. 14, 2023 The latest issue of Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Dialogue magazine focuses on pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancers.
Patient Care Healthcare Leaders Urge Precautions as Respiratory Illnesses Increase By URMC Communications Dec. 13, 2023 A rise in cases of flu, RSV, and COVID in Monroe County prompted healthcare leaders this week to encourage the community to take precautions as the spread of respiratory viruses rapidly increases, ...