Patient Care URMC Teams Up with Student Musicians to Bring Patients 'The Healing Power of Music' By URMC Communications Jan. 21, 2013 Increasing numbers of studies show that music can have a therapeutic effect on patients in a healthcare setting, triggering powerful mental and physical changes that contribute to healing.
Community URMC Offering Free Physicals By URMC Communications Jan. 17, 2013 On two upcoming evenings, the University of Rochester Medical Center will be conducting free physicals for people of all ages. The UR School Health and Physicals program will be offered on January 31 ...
Research Cancer Cell Metabolism Yields New Insights on Leukemia By Leslie Orr Jan. 17, 2013 University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have proposed a new reason why acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most aggressive cancers, is so difficult to cure.
Patient Care NY Law: Following Mammography, Physicians Must Notify of Breast Density By Leslie Orr Jan. 16, 2013 A New York state law that went into effect Jan. 19, 2013, could impact up to half of all women who get annual mammograms, according to Avice O’Connell, M.D., director of Women’s Imaging at the ...
Research URMC Launches Effort to Improve Palliative Care in Nursing Homes By Mark Michaud Jan. 14, 2013 A project involving nursing homes from across upstate New York will seek to establish new standards and strengthen the quality of end-of-life care. The $1.9 million project is one of the first awards ...
Education URMC Students Helping Disadvantaged Youth Become Doctors By URMC Communications Jan. 13, 2013 Becoming a physician is not easy, particularly for young people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. With that in mind, University of Rochester Medical Center students are organizing the 4th ...
Education High School Students “Perform” Surgery at URMC By URMC Communications Jan. 10, 2013 Thirty-six young women selected from 16 area high schools are performing simulated surgeries Saturday at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Participants will be correcting a scoliosis ...
Research Study: Model for Brain Signaling Flawed By Mark Michaud Jan. 10, 2013 A new study out today in the journal Science turns two decades of understanding about how brain cells communicate on its head. The study demonstrates that the tripartite synapse – a model long ...
Research Parents Create “Crosby’s Fund” to Finance Cancer Research in Son’s Honor By Rebecca Youmell Jan. 8, 2013 After losing their son to cancer, Kevin and Zoe Wilmot founded Crosby's Fund, a philanthropic initiative focused on funding neuroblastoma research.
Education Noted Neurosurgeon to Discuss Diversity in Medicine By URMC Communications Jan. 8, 2013 Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, M.D., will give the second annual Tana Grady-Weliky, M.D. Lecture on Women and Diversity in Medicine from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the ...
