Research $2.6 Million Grant Funds Study of Early Sex Differences in Human Health, Disease By Emily Boynton Nov. 5, 2015 Sex differences in human health and disease are well-documented. With a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, scientists will look for an explanation for these differences, focusing on a ...
Research Study: Brain’s Immune System Could Be Harnessed to Fight Alzheimer’s By Mark Michaud Nov. 4, 2015 A new study appearing in the Journal of Neuroinflammation suggests that the brain’s immune system could potentially be harnessed to help clear the amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s ...
Patient Care Myth Buster: Get the Facts on Urinary Incontinence By Lori Barrette Nov. 4, 2015 Urinary incontinence affects more than 25 million people in the U.S. But, while adult diaper sales outpace that of baby diapers, it's rarely discussed. UR Medicine expert Dr. Gunhilde Buchsbaum ...
Patient Care Open Enrollment: 7 Steps to Success By Lori Barrette Nov. 3, 2015 If you’re employed and your benefits package includes health insurance, you’re likely smack dab in the middle of the season known as Open Enrollment. UR Benefits expert Scott Latshaw offers tips to ...
Patient Care Lunch Break: Healthy Alternatives to Deli Meats By Lori Barrette Nov. 2, 2015 While many of us enjoy deli meats in a sandwich every day, eating less processed meat may have cancer-risk reducing benefits. Oncology dietitians Joanna Lipp and Sue Czap share a few ideas for ...
Patient Care Trauma Experts Papadakos and Gestring Author Encyclopedia on Trauma Care By Christine Roth Nov. 2, 2015 Two of UR Medicine’s experts in trauma care can now say they wrote the book on it too. Peter Papadakos, M.D., director of UR Medicine’s Division of Critical Care, and Mark Gestring, M.D., director of ...
Research New Study Focuses on HIV Care in Africa By URMC Communications Oct. 30, 2015 A new $2.9 million grant will seek to better understand the risk and potential negative drug interactions experienced by people living with HIV-associated seizures in Africa.
Patient Care Golisano Children’s Hospital debuts Integrated PET-MRI By URMC Communications Oct. 30, 2015 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital recently became the first children’s hospital in the country to administer an integrated PET-MRI scan to a patient.
Gala transports guests to old Hollywood By URMC Communications Oct. 29, 2015 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital supporters, including grateful parents, donors, hospital faculty and staff, sponsors and more, stepped into a movie scene out of old Hollywood Oct. 24 at ...
Patient Care Construction Begins on the Ann and Carl Myers Cancer Center By Noyes Health Oct. 28, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Noyes Health, Jones Memorial Hospital and UR Medicine Radiation Oncology celebrated the start of construction today on a regional cancer center based in ...
