Patient Care 99-year-old Woman Regains Mobility Following Spinal Procedures By Leslie White Dec. 21, 2011 A 99-year-old woman has returned to her daily routine after doctors repaired three separate compression fractures in her spine three times in a month. Specialists at the University of Rochester ...
Patient Care Syracuse Woman Gets the Ultimate Christmas Gift – A New Heart By Leslie White Dec. 21, 2011 A Syracuse woman is recovering this holiday season from a well-timed heart transplant at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Research Myths and Truths of Obesity and Pregnancy By Emily Boynton Dec. 21, 2011 Ironically, despite excessive caloric intake, many obese women are deficient in vitamins vital to a healthy pregnancy. This and other startling statistics abound when obesity and pregnancy collide. ...
Patient Care URMC Sports Medicine Lauded for Commitment to High School Athletics By Karin Gaffney Christensen Dec. 20, 2011 URMC Sports Medicine has been named the 2011 Community Service Recipient by the New York State Athletic Administrators Association, Chapter 5, for its commitment to positively promoting local high ...
Research Robert Ader, Founder of Psychoneuroimmunology, Dies By URMC Communications Dec. 19, 2011 Robert Ader, Ph.D., a founder of the field of study that investigates links between the mind and the body’s immune system and a professor emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical ...
Research Edward Schwarz, Ph.D., to head The Center for Musculoskeletal Research By Leslie Orr Dec. 14, 2011 Edward M. Schwarz, Ph.D., the Burton Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, has been appointed to the additional role of director of URMC’s Center for Musculoskeletal Research (CMSR).
Patient Care New Pediatric Cardiac Guidelines – What you should know By URMC Communications Dec. 14, 2011 When the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute released the Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents this fall, much of the media focused on a ...
Research Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients at Increased Risk for Cancer By URMC Communications Dec. 13, 2011 People who have the most common type of adult muscular dystrophy also have a higher risk of getting cancer, according to a paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Education Pediatrician-in-Chief Edits Two Preeminent Textbooks on Pediatric Health By URMC Communications Dec. 13, 2011 Golisano Children’s Hospital’s pediatrician-in-chief helped two influential pediatric health textbooks move farther into the digital age as an editor of the latest editions -- Swaiman’s Pediatric ...
Research URMC Study: Most Cancer-related Blood Clots Occur in Outpatients By Leslie Orr Dec. 12, 2011 In a study of nearly 18,000 cancer patients, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found that when blood clots develop – a well-known and serious complication of cancer treatment – 78 ...
