Patient Care URMC Surgeon is Nation’s First to Implant Pacemaker-like Device for Bowel Incontinence By URMC Communications Jun. 30, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center surgeon recently became the first in the nation to implant a pacemaker-like device that could help millions of Americans with fecal incontinence regain bowel ...
Research $21 Million Award Will Accelerate Application of Medical Research By Mark Michaud Jun. 30, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center has received a $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support programs that focus on breaking down the barriers between research labs ...
Community Community Seeks to Raise Awareness on Baby Health and Safety Issues By Mark Michaud Jun. 29, 2011 A coalition of Monroe County health organizations is launching a new initiative to address four key infant health and safety issues and is encouraging physicians to raise these topics with parents ...
Education Ten Ugly Men Festival Set to Rock Rochester Next Month By URMC Communications Jun. 27, 2011 The Ten Ugly Men Festival, one of the most anticipated summer parties in Rochester, will be Saturday, July 23, at Genesee Valley Park from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Community Violence Intervention Program Honored Nationally for Impact on Young Victims By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jun. 26, 2011 The Rochester Youth Violence Partnership, a program developed by the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been honored with the American Hospital Association’s prestigious NOVA Award for its ...
Research Microbiologists Discover How Cavity-Causing Microbes Invade Heart By URMC Communications Jun. 26, 2011 Scientists have discovered the tool that bacteria normally found in our mouths use to invade heart tissue, causing a dangerous and sometimes lethal infection of the heart known as endocarditis. The ...
Research UR Expert Joins Federal Panel Protecting Research Participants By URMC Communications Jun. 26, 2011 A scientist who has made the University of Rochester a national model for protecting human research subjects has been appointed to a federal committee charged with doing the same for people ...
Patient Care Contaminated Cocaine Triggers Decaying, Dying Skin By Emily Boynton Jun. 23, 2011 If the obvious reasons for avoiding recreational drug use aren’t off-putting enough, physicians have yet another detrimental consequence to add to the list – crusty, purplish areas of dead skin that ...
Patient Care Clark Joins Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Team By Leslie White Jun. 21, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Medicine welcomes Nancy S. Clark, M.D., to the Division of General Medicine and faculty-resident practice.
Patient Care Eastman Dental Celebrates Completion of $5.9 Million Renovations By Karen Black Jun. 20, 2011 Eastman Dental today celebrated the completion of a two-year, $5.9 million renovation and re-engineering project that allows a major increase in access to care in both downtown Rochester and at its ...
