Patient Care Boy born with half a heart survives and thrives By URMC Communications May. 26, 2009 Jason Gaines’s heart continues to beat four years after hope began to wane.
Patient Care Victor Girl Undergoes Major Craniofacial Surgery to Save Her Sight By URMC Communications May. 25, 2009 Tea might have gone blind without the expertise of doctors in her own backyard.
Community Smart Teen Driving Starts with Communication By URMC Communications May. 25, 2009 In an effort to encourage parents and teens to establish safe rules on the road, a new teen driving contract is being introduced to select Monroe County DMV offices.
Patient Care Thomas Pearson Elected to Hopkins Society of Scholars By Leslie Orr May. 20, 2009 Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., the Albert D. Kaiser Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, and senior associate dean for clinical research at the University of Rochester ...
Patient Care Toddler’s mysterious meningitis trumps cancer threat By URMC Communications May. 20, 2009 A mother receives an unexpected house visit from a doctor and her baby girl gets treatment just in the nick of time.
Research HRT-Breast Cancer Risk Stays Same, Regardless of Family History By Leslie Orr May. 18, 2009 The risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy appears to be the same for women with a family history of the disease and without a family history, a University of ...
Dying baby gains strength in his parents’ loving arms By URMC Communications May. 18, 2009 Cory Milburn is among the five incredible children chosen as this year’s Miracle Kids by Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Patient Care Students Create Billboards for Kohl’s Pedal Patrol By URMC Communications May. 18, 2009 This week, billboards about bike safety – designed by Rochester-area high schoolers – will go up in six locations around Rochester.
Endoscopic CryoSpray Technology Lets University of Rochester Medical Center Doctors Freeze Tumors By Leslie White May. 18, 2009 Interventional gastroenterologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center are the first in upstate New York to treat early esophageal tumors and precancerous growths with a deep-freezing spray ...
Research Computer Simulation Captures Immune Response to Flu By URMC Communications May. 17, 2009 Researchers have successfully tested for the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body’s immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and ...
