Patient Care Defining Heart Disease By Lori Barrette Jun. 22, 2015 People often equate heart disease with heart attacks, but they’re not one and the same. UR Medicine preventive cardiologist Dr. John Bisognano explains five common forms of heart disease and offers ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute Re-certified by Prestigious National Quality Improvement Program By Lydia Fernandez Jun. 22, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute has received reaccreditation by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...
Moving in and training in the new hospital By URMC Communications Jun. 18, 2015 The new Golisano Children's Hospital will be opening in just a few weeks! Rooms throughout the hospital are beginning to look more complete with furniture, equipment, and a few faculty members. ...
Patient Care Pancreatic Cancer Group Backs Wilmot Research to Stop Metastasis By Leslie Orr Jun. 17, 2015 Scientists at the Wilmot Cancer Institute are working toward doubling the survival rates for pancreatic cancer by 2020—and to help achieve that goal the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network recently ...
Patient Care Men’s Health Day Explores Healthy Aging By Mark Michaud Jun. 17, 2015 UR Medicine’s 11th Annual Men’s Health Day will be held on June 19, 2015. Caregivers from UR Medicine will address a wide range of topics, focusing on how older men can prolong a healthy and active ...
Patient Care Cooking Oils: Which One When, and Why? By Lori Barrette Jun. 15, 2015 Which cooking oils do you keep on hand? And which occasion calls for which oil? It’s a challenge to sort through everything out there (and even harder trying to decide when you’re faced with a wall ...
Research Anti-stroke Drug May Combat Ear Infections By URMC Communications Jun. 12, 2015 An anti-stroke drug called Vinpocetine may help treat ear infections, according to a joint study by researchers at the University of Rochester and Georgia State University.
People Ceremony Marks Investiture of Mark Taubman as Medical Center CEO By URMC Communications Jun. 12, 2015 Mark B. Taubman, M.D., was formally invested as the Chief Executive Officer of the University of Rochester Medical Center and UR Medicine and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences at the ...
Research Is Telemedicine a Viable Alternative to Ambulance Ride and ER Visit? By URMC Communications Jun. 11, 2015 New data suggests that telemedicine for older adults in independent and assisted living facilities decreases emergency room use and is a big hit among patients and families.
Research Symposium Covers Ebola Response and Other Global Health Issues By URMC Communications Jun. 11, 2015 Researchers, students, and global health experts from across the world will gather at the University of Rochester Medical Center on June 15 for the Rochester Global Health Symposium.
