Community Inaugural Community Health Improvement Awards Announced By Mark Michaud Mar. 23, 2010 The recipients of the Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards were announced last night during a ceremony at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The inaugural awards recognized ...
Research Facial Aging is More Than Skin Deep By Lori Barrette Mar. 22, 2010 A study by physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center indicates that significant changes in facial bones – particularly the jaw bone – occur as people age and contribute to an aging ...
Education Diversity Event Focuses on Health Issues Affecting Native Americans By URMC Communications Mar. 21, 2010 With an eye always to improving health particularly for at-risk populations, the University of Rochester School of Nursing with the Friends of Ganondagan presented an afternoon program devoted to ...
Patient Care Stafford Man Donates Bone Marrow to Help Stranger, Honor His Young Son By Leslie White Mar. 19, 2010 When Garth Swanson’s toddler son was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, he would have done anything to help save the boy’s life. University of Rochester Medical Center doctors brought his ...
Research $8 Million Boosts Environmental Health Sciences Center By URMC Communications Mar. 19, 2010 Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center who are exploring the health effects of environmental agents have received $8 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health to ...
Research Rochester-Led Study Leads to Recommendation for Use of Heart Failure Treatment Nationwide By Emily Boynton Mar. 18, 2010 A new therapy that reduces the risk of mortality and heart failure in patients with mild cardiac disease received a thumb’s up this week from an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Community Rochester River Run/Walk 5K set for April 11 By URMC Communications Mar. 18, 2010 Individuals and teams are invited to participate in the ninth annual Friends of Strong Rochester River Run/Walk 5K on Sunday, April 11, at the Roundhouse Shelter at Genesee Valley Park.
Patient Care University Expands Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Care with Center in Greece By Leslie White Mar. 17, 2010 University of Rochester Medical Center Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation is expanding services by opening a new center for comprehensive musculoskeletal care and recovery in Greece on Monday, March 22. ...
Patient Care URMC Geriatrician Named President of National Association By Lori Barrette Mar. 16, 2010 Paul R. Katz, M.D., professor of Medicine and chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Aging at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was elected president of the American Medical Directors ...
Research As Girth Grows, Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Shrinks By Emily Boynton Mar. 15, 2010 Obesity has long been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and heart failure. But, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that ...
