Patient Care Wilmot's Discovery Ball Raises More Than $620,000 for Breast Cancer Research By Lydia Fernandez May. 3, 2016 Nearly 700 donors, faculty, staff and patients attended the 17th annual Discovery Ball on Saturday, April 30, at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester to support UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute.
Patient Care Emotional Reunion Raises Awareness About Organ Donation By Karin Gaffney Christensen May. 1, 2016 Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network event April 29 at UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital left few dry eyes in the house.
Patient Care Key Lime Mousse By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 1, 2016 This dessert is like a deconstructed key lime pie.
Patient Care Gift of Life Unites 2 Families in Heart and Song By Karin Gaffney Christensen Apr. 28, 2016 The Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network event will bring a Horseheads, N.Y., family, which chose organ donation in a time of personal tragedy, together with the family of their infant son's ...
Research Subtle Chemical Changes in Brain Can Alter Sleep-Wake Cycle By Mark Michaud Apr. 28, 2016 A study out today in the journal Science sheds new light on the biological mechanisms that control the sleep-wake cycle. Specifically, it shows that a simple shift in the balance of chemicals found ...
Patient Care Is It Time for New Strategies to Treat Aggressive Prostate Cancer? By Leslie Orr Apr. 26, 2016 A new URMC study confirms that androgen deprivation therapy, which initially shrinks aggressive prostate tumors, is a double-edged sword that ultimately might fuel the spread of cancer.
Patient Care Finger Lakes Man Enjoys Fatherhood After Specialized Heart Therapy By Leslie White Apr. 26, 2016 Mike Burke and his wife, Becky, are raising a toddler with a sense of relief and optimism that didn’t exist just two years ago. Faced with life-threatening heart disease, UR Medicine Heart and ...
Patient Care Testicular Cancer Survivor Shares Story, Featuring His Own Little Miracles By Ruth Harper-Rhode Apr. 26, 2016 Joe Mercik didn’t check himself regularly for testicular lumps, even though he knew men should. But in the fall of 2010, he noticed something wasn’t right and was concerned that it could be ...
