Patient Care Is a Check-Up on Your Back-to-School List? By Lori Barrette Aug. 25, 2014 As parents prepare their children for a new school year, it's a good time to check with the pediatrician to see if it’s time for an annual physical, or well-child visit. UR Medicine pediatrician Dr. ...
$1.3 Million Prosthodontic Clinic Renovation Complete at Eastman Dental By URMC Communications Aug. 8, 2014 Dental patients have begun to enjoy the recently completed $1.3 million renovation and expansion in Eastman Dental’s Prosthodontic clinic. Additional treatment rooms, the latest technology and new ...
Patient Care Dose of Reality: Whooping Cough Can Be Deadly By Lori Barrette Jun. 30, 2014 Whooping cough or pertussis has a funny sounding name, but the illness—and the cough—are anything but. Dr. Geoffrey Weinberg, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UR Medicine’s Golisano ...
Education Bruce Smoller to Lead Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department By Leslie Orr Jun. 11, 2014 Effective July 1, Bruce R. Smoller, M.D., an international leader in the study of skin diseases, will take his place as chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University ...
Patient Care Appendicitis: The Ins and Outs By Lori Barrette Jun. 2, 2014 Appendicitis is a complicated condition and it is critical to catch it in time before it progresses, potentially causing the appendix to burst. UR Medicine pediatric surgeon Dr. Christopher ...
Research Researchers Receive Grant to Reduce Deadly Diarrhea in Rochester-area Nursing Homes By Emily Boynton May. 6, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center received $950,000 from the New York State Department of Health to work on reducing Clostridium difficile or C. diff in Rochester-area nursing ...
Research Research at the New York Influenza Center of Excellence Continues with New NIH Grant By URMC Communications Apr. 10, 2014 Researchers were awarded approximately $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue studying how our bodies respond to seasonal and pandemic flu viruses and vaccines.
Research Rochester Researchers Receive $3 Million to Study Flu By Emily Boynton Apr. 9, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry were awarded approximately $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on seasonal and pandemic ...
Research Like Hand-Washing, Blood Transfusions Linked to Infections By Leslie Orr Mar. 31, 2014 Blood transfusions are among the most common treatments for hospitalized patients nationwide, but doing them less often reduces infection rates by nearly 20 percent, according to a study in the ...
Research Researchers Seeking Volunteers to Test Vaccine against Common Herpes Virus By Emily Boynton Feb. 24, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry are testing a new vaccine against a little-known but widespread herpes virus called cytomegalovirus or CMV.
