Research Alzheimer’s Gene Causes Brain’s Blood Vessels to Leak, Die By URMC Communications May. 16, 2012 A well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease triggers a cascade of signaling that ultimately results in leaky blood vessels in the brain, allowing toxic substances to pour into brain ...
Patient Care Heart Transplant Survivor Highlights Harbor House Benefit Dinner June 9 By Leslie White May. 15, 2012 Ginger Zimmerman will share her inspiring story of life after a heart transplant at the Harbor House benefit dinner, “And the Beat Goes On…,” Saturday, June 9, at the Doubletree Hotel in Henrietta. ...
Research University of Rochester and IBM Expand Partnership in Pursuit of New Frontiers in Health By Mark Michaud May. 11, 2012 The University of Rochester will be one of the first academic institutions in the nation to receive the next generation of IBM’s high performance supercomputers. The new system – called the Blue ...
Research One of Few Female Electrophysiologists Hones in On Heart Rhythm Disorders in Women By Emily Boynton May. 10, 2012 Christine Tompkins, M.D., is a member of an exclusive group: Female physicians that study and treat the electrical disturbances of the heart. Of the more than 1,500 heart rhythm specialists in the ...
Patient Care Utica-area Man Receives Heart Transplant at University of Rochester Medical Center By Leslie White May. 9, 2012 Mike Hayshem gently places his hand over his heart and soon begins to smile. “I can feel it beating,” he says of the transplanted organ while recovering at the University of Rochester Medical ...
Patient Care URMC 1st in U.S. Honored for Hypertension Care, Heart Disease Prevention By Leslie White Apr. 26, 2012 The University of Rochester Medical Center is first in the nation to earn top-tier recognition for its evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure from the American Society of ...
Research URMC Clinical Trial Tests New Regimen for Hypertension By Emily Boynton Apr. 26, 2012 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are testing whether different doses of an established blood pressure medication can provide the same benefits as a standard dose in people ...
Patient Care URMC Surgeons Implant 1st Total Artificial Heart in Upstate New York By Leslie White Apr. 11, 2012 The University of Rochester Medical Center cardiac transplant team has replaced a 49-year-old man’s heart with a total artificial heart, introducing a new, life-sustaining treatment option for the ...
Education Donate Life Month Honors Organ and Tissue Donors, Recipients By Karin Gaffney Christensen Mar. 31, 2012 Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network, along with hospitals and transplant centers in the Finger Lakes, Central and Northern New York regions, are honoring and celebrating the hundreds of thousands of ...
Community Rochester River Run/Walk 5K set for April 22 By URMC Communications Mar. 11, 2012 Individuals and teams are invited to participate in the 11th annual fundraiser, Friends of Strong Rochester River Run/Walk 5K, Sunday, April 22, at the Roundhouse Shelter at Genesee Valley Park. The ...
