Patient Care New LVAD Heart Pump Surgery is Minimally Invasive and Led by UR Medicine By Leslie White Mar. 13, 2018 UR Medicine cardiac surgeons recently introduced a minimally invasive approach to implanting the newest heart pump available for people with congestive heart failure. This is believed to be the first ...
Research Biological Sex Tweaks Nervous System Networks, Plays Role in Shaping Behavior By Mark Michaud Mar. 7, 2018 New research published today in the journal Current Biology demonstrates how biological sex can modify communication between nerve cells and generate different responses in males and females to the ...
Patient Care Zent Named Editor-in-Chief of Leukemia Research By Lydia Fernandez Mar. 1, 2018 Clive S. Zent, M.D., professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, has taken the reins as editor-in-chief at Leukemia Research, an international journal focused on basic and applied ...
Research HPV May Lurk In Your Throat By Susanne Pallo Jan. 31, 2018 URMC researchers found human papilloma virus (HPV), the culprit behind cervical and head and neck cancers, hiding in small pockets on the surface of tonsils. They believe HPV may evade the immune ...
People Robert Haggerty, former URMC Chair of Pediatrics, dies at 92 By URMC Communications Jan. 26, 2018 Robert Haggerty, M.D., former Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Throughout a career that spanned six decades, Haggerty led numerous child health initiatives that ...
Research URMC Professor Emeritus and Pioneer of Neurotoxicology Dies at 92 By Susanne Pallo Jan. 23, 2018 Bernard “Bernie” Weiss, ’53 (Ph.D.) was a monumental and beloved figure in the scientific community. He helped found the field of behavioral toxicology and was a defining presence in the URMC ...
Research The Art of Science: Grad Student Finds Inspiration in Images of the Brain By URMC Communications Jan. 16, 2018 The complex biology, networks, and symphony of signals that underlie human cognition are a font of endless mystery and wonder to those who study it. For Rianne Stowell, a graduate student in the lab ...
Research Pancreatic Tumors May Require a One-Two-Three Punch By Leslie Orr Jan. 14, 2018 One of the many difficult things about pancreatic cancer is that tumors are resistant to most treatments because of their unique density and cell composition. However, in a new Wilmot Cancer ...
Research For City Kids with Asthma, Telemedicine and In-School Care Cut ER Visits in Half By URMC Communications Jan. 8, 2018 Children with asthma in the Rochester City School District who received a combination of telemedicine support and school-based medication therapy were almost half as likely to need an emergency room ...
Patient Care Amid Shortage, UR Nursing's Passport Health One of Select Clinics Offering Yellow Fever Vaccination By Patrick Broadwater Dec. 19, 2017 The Passport Health clinic at the University of Rochester School of Nursing is among a limited number of sites chosen to administer yellow fever immunizations during a period of anticipated shortages ...
