Research “Couch Potato Pill” Might Stop Heat Stroke Too By Emily Boynton Jan. 8, 2012 In a new study published today in the journal Nature Medicine, scientists discovered what they believe is one of the first drugs to combat heat stroke. AICAR – an experimental therapy once dubbed the ...
Education Set Your Fitness and Fundraising Goals with Cycle for Hope By URMC Communications Jan. 5, 2012 Worried that your New Year’s resolutions are already falling by the wayside? Signing up for the Cycle for Hope cycling fundraiser, set for Feb. 4, is perfect way to jump-start your goals for better ...
Education URMC Smoking Cessation Expert Offers Tips for Smokers Trying to Quit By URMC Communications Jan. 4, 2012 With the start of a New Year, millions of smokers across New York State and more throughout the U.S. will attempt to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is a popular resolution, and an appropriate one ...
Research Conwell Named to National Health Care Innovations Program By URMC Communications Jan. 4, 2012 Yeates Conwell, M.D., professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been selected for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Advisors Program.
Research URMC Ortho Chair Addresses Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis By Leslie Orr Jan. 3, 2012 Regis J. O’Keefe, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the URMC Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, discusses concerns regarding the use of bisphosphonates for patients with osteoporosis.
Patient Care McDaniel Wins Award for Inspiring Physician to Create Community Program By URMC Communications Jan. 2, 2012 Susan H. McDaniel, Ph.D., the Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will receive a 2011 Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award. The ...
Community Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded to Physician Practices By Karin Gaffney Christensen Dec. 28, 2011 The Greater Rochester Health Foundation has awarded funding to the Diabetes Prevention Program of the URMC Center for Community Health to expand a successful lifestyle intervention program to 11 ...
Education Scientist Ned Ballatori Dies at Age 54 By URMC Communications Dec. 27, 2011 Nazzareno “Ned” Ballatori, Ph.D., of Brighton, a scientist who helped build the Environmental Medicine program at the University of Rochester Medical Center into an internationally acclaimed program, ...
Research Scientists Fixate on Ric-8 to Understand Trafficking of Popular Drug Receptor Targets By URMC Communications Dec. 26, 2011 Half the drugs used today target a single class of proteins – and now scientists have identified an important molecular player critical to the proper workings of those proteins critical to our ...
Research URMC Lung Research Awarded $4.7M to Establish a Respiratory Pathogens Research Center By URMC Communications Dec. 26, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded a contract from the Federal government to establish a center to study the germs that cause lung disease. The agreement could last ...
