Patient Care Gift of Life Lets Wheatfield Man Gain Strength to Help Raise 2 Young Children By Leslie White Aug. 14, 2013 Tim Synor considers himself a lucky man. He is recovering from a heart transplant at the University of Rochester Medical Center and recently returned home to his wife, toddler son and infant daughter ...
Education Partnership Aims to Educate Young Parents about Bathroom Safety By Rebecca Youmell Aug. 14, 2013 The Rochester chapter of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) recently partnered with Monroe County’s Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), through the Monroe County Health Department, to host an ...
Patient Care University of Rochester Medical Center and Interlakes Oncology and Hematology Announce Intent to Pursue Collaboration By URMC Communications Aug. 14, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center and Interlakes Oncology and Hematology have entered into formal discussions to further collaborations between the two organizations. An expanded ...
Research Does Inducing Labor Lead to Autism? By URMC Communications Aug. 13, 2013 Autism expert Susan Hyman, M.D., comments on a new study published in this week’s JAMA Pediatrics that found that children born to mothers who had labor induced or augmented were more likely to ...
Education The Art of Play By URMC Communications Aug. 12, 2013 The Bridge Art Gallery, located within the University of Rochester Medical Center, celebrates summertime with a colorful new exhibit. The light-hearted works explore many different ways people of all ...
Research Researchers Call for Deeper Study of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus By URMC Communications Aug. 12, 2013 As part of the National Institutes of Health's Centers of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), URMC scientists John Treanor, M.D., and David Topham, Ph.D., join their peers in ...
Patient Care Skipping Stones: Diet, Hydration are Key to Prevention By Lori Barrette Aug. 12, 2013 Summer: when some like it hot. But an abundance of hot weather and hot dogs reminds us hydration and diet play a vital role in good health and, more specifically, preventing the formation of kidney ...
Patient Care New Heat Therapy Treatment Helps Asthma Patients Breathe Easier By Leslie White Aug. 11, 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center doctors who care for people with severe, uncontrollable asthma have introduced a new therapy to make it easier to breathe. Bronchial Thermoplasty reduces asthma ...
Patient Care New ‘Virtual Care Center’ Choreographs Post-Discharge Care By URMC Communications Aug. 11, 2013 As hospitals around the country work hard at winnowing down readmission rates, a new grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation will give URMC’s Strong Memorial Hospital the chance to try a ...
Research Kieburtz Tapped to Oversee Clinical Research By URMC Communications Aug. 8, 2013 Neurologist Karl Kieburtz, M.D., M.P.H. will be taking over the roles of director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and senior associate dean for Clinical Research at the beginning ...
