Research UR, Monroe County Help Paint National Picture of Falling MRSA Rates By URMC Communications Aug. 10, 2010 National health care efforts to curb the spread of the dangerous bacterial infection MRSA seem to be paying off, according to new research published in today's Journal of the American Medical ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Center Explores Research Collaboration With Roswell Park Cancer Institute By Leslie White Aug. 10, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center’s James P. Wilmot Cancer Center and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) today announced that they are exploring a regional scientific collaboration. ...
URMC Presents Men’s Health Day Sept. 10 By URMC Communications Aug. 9, 2010 Living and aging well is more than a matter of good genes or luck. To offer men the tools they need to live long and vital lives, the University of Rochester Medical Center will present Men’s Health ...
Community Heart Disease, Obesity, Diabetes Can be Reduced and Managed By Karin Gaffney Christensen Aug. 9, 2010 In an effort to combat the current epidemics of heart disease, obesity and diabetes, the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Healthy Living Center at the Center for Community Health, and ...
Education Fairport Music and Food Festival Has Recipe for Success By URMC Communications Aug. 8, 2010 The Fairport Music and Food Festival has the perfect blend of music, entertainment, food, drinks, a great ambiance and fun, community-minded folks to produce an end-of-summer event you won’t want to ...
Patient Care Junior Builder’s Exchange Golf Outing Benefits URMC Asthma Center By Karin Gaffney Christensen Aug. 5, 2010 The Junior Builder’s Exchange will host the 15th annual charity golf tournament on Sept. 9 at Victor Hills Golf Club to benefit the Mary M. Parkes Center for Asthma, Allergy and Pulmonary Care of the ...
Education Golf Tournaments Honor Lost Friends, Support Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Aug. 5, 2010 Friends and family of the late Clinton J. Cooper and James Marasco are organizing golf tournaments on Saturdays, Aug. 7 and 14, to support research and patient care at the James P. Wilmot Cancer ...
Research UR Discovers New Way to Boost Vaccines, Seeks Patent By Leslie Orr Aug. 3, 2010 As the medical community searches for better vaccines and ways to deliver them, a University of Rochester scientist believes he has discovered a new approach to boosting the body’s response to ...
Patient Care Patient-centered Care Requires Communication and Relationships By URMC Communications Aug. 3, 2010 In an article published today in the August issue of Health Affairs, lead author Ronald M. Epstein, M.D., professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry and of Oncology at the University of Rochester ...
Education Blood, Marrow Transplant Survivors Will Celebrate Aug. 11 By Leslie White Jul. 29, 2010 Survivors of blood and marrow transplants will gather for the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center’s celebratory picnic from 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Buckland Park Lodge, 1341 Westfall Road.
