Research Medical Sleuthing Linked Muscle, Kidney Problems to Kava Tea By Leslie Orr Apr. 26, 2011 When a 34-year-old bicyclist was found collapsed on a roadside and rushed to the University of Rochester Medical Center emergency room on the verge of kidney failure and muscle breakdown, doctors ...
Research Vitamin D May Help Explain Racial Differences in Blood Pressure By Leslie Orr Apr. 25, 2011 High blood pressure, or hypertension, is more common and often more deadly in blacks than in whites, and a new University of Rochester study shows that low vitamin D levels among black people might ...
Research Scientists to Gather for 23rd Annual Genetics Day By URMC Communications Apr. 25, 2011 University of Rochester scientists will gather next week to discuss the latest in genetics research and to trade scientific insights much like DNA strands swap key segments.
Education URMC Chair to Lead National Family Medicine Organization By Karin Gaffney Christensen Apr. 19, 2011 Thomas L. Campbell, M.D., has been named president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine.
Research UR Deaf Health Disparities Group Wins National Excellence Award By Leslie Orr Apr. 18, 2011 The National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) recently won accolades for putting community-based participatory research into action. The NCDHR was one of 11 research groups that won a ...
Research Anti-Depressants Boost Brain Cells after Injury in Early Studies By URMC Communications Apr. 17, 2011 Anti-depressants may help spur the creation and survival of new brain cells after brain injury, according to a study by neurosurgeons at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Research Obesity Not Always Protective Following Surgery By Emily Boynton Apr. 17, 2011 Obese patients with high blood pressure and diabetes are at much higher risk for major complications following non-cardiac surgery compared to otherwise healthy obese patients and patients of normal ...
Patient Care Leading Bioethicist Will Address Health Care Reform, Future of Medicine By URMC Communications Apr. 17, 2011 Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., the chair of the Department of Clinical Bioethics at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health and an outspoken observer of health care in the United ...
Patient Care Telemedicine Program Performs 10,000th Visit By URMC Communications Apr. 14, 2011 Health-e-Access has hit a huge milestone – 10,000 telemedicine visits with health care providers since the program began in May 2001 with pediatricians at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the ...
Education Finger Lakes Kiwanis Collect Donations, One Quarter-Mile at a Time By URMC Communications Apr. 13, 2011 The Quarter Mile of Quarters fundraising event is just what it sounds like – members from the local Kiwanis clubs collect donations of quarters from shoppers at the mall, with the goal of collecting ...
