Patient Care Clinical Trials Gave Wilmot Multiple Myeloma Patient 18 Years - and He's Not Done Counting By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 20, 2021 There’s a misconception that, when a cancer patient is offered a clinical trial, the end is near. But multiple myeloma survivor Alan Brandon is living proof dispelling that notion.
Research Do COVID Vaccines (and Boosters) Protect You During Pregnancy? By Susanne Pallo May. 17, 2021 By all accounts, COVID vaccines in use in the U.S. today are highly effective, but pregnant people have largely been left out of the research behind the vaccines. A new study at URMC will follow 135 ...
Patient Care Everything you Need to Know About the Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Children Aged 12-15 By Scott Hesel May. 7, 2021 Infectious disease experts Mary Caserta, M.D., and Jennifer Nayak, M.D., and pediatrician Elizabeth Murray, D.O., discuss why the COVID pediatric vaccine is effective, thoroughly tested and safe for ...
Research URMC, RRH Test New COVID Vaccine Against South African Variant By Susanne Pallo May. 3, 2021 Over a year into the COVID pandemic, we are in a race between vaccines and variants. The longer the novel coronavirus circulates, the higher the likelihood it will pick up a mutation that helps it ...
Education Our COVID Response: Remembering What We Found By Lori Barrette May. 3, 2021 The past year has challenged URMC in ways no one could have imagined. There’s no denying the Rochester-strong courage, tenacity, and teamwork that got us through an unforgettable year.
Patient Care Why You Can Still Trust the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine By Susanne Pallo Apr. 27, 2021 Learn why experts agree that the benefits of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine greatly outweigh its risks. This vaccine can reach vulnerable populations more easily than other vaccines.
Research Researchers find breastfeeding linked to higher neurocognitive testing scores By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 26, 2021 New research finds that children who were breastfed scored higher on neurocognitive tests.
Research Study Links Fracking with Higher Heart Attack Risk By Mark Michaud Apr. 26, 2021 In New York State unconventional natural gas development – or fracking – is banned, while in Pennsylvania it represents a multi-billion dollar industry. New research takes advantage of this ‘natural ...
Patient Care Walk This Way: Program on Wilmot Inpatient Unit Encourages Patients to Get Moving By Ruth Harper-Rhode Apr. 23, 2021 Launched by Megan Donovan, RN, the Walk n’ Roll program on Wilmot’s Hematology/Oncology Unit on the seventh floor (WCC7) encourages patients to walk more during their hospitalization.
Research Wilmot and Roswell Park Collaborate on First Large Study of Immunotherapy in Black Cancer Patients By Leslie Orr Apr. 21, 2021 Researchers want to know why Black and white cancer patients may respond differently to game-changing immunotherapy.
