Research Study Reveals Current Multi-Component Vaccines May Need Reworking By URMC Communications May. 6, 2009 Current strategies for designing vaccines against HIV and cancers, for instance, may enable some components in multi-component vaccines to cancel the effect of others on the immune system, ...
June 13 Event Benefits Harbor House of Rochester By Karin Gaffney Christensen May. 6, 2009 The community will come together with patients and staff members from the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation for the fourth annual “And the Beat ...
Miracle Weekend Will Leave a Memorable Mark on May By URMC Communications May. 5, 2009 Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Miracle Weekend, which consists of the Stroll for Strong Kids and the annual 10NBC Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, will take place Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and ...
URMC Pharmacy Department Earns National Best Practices Award By Lori Barrette May. 4, 2009 Having a pharmacist on the care team when a heart attack patient arrives at the emergency department can expedite the patient’s treatment and improve outcomes, according to an award-winning project ...
URMC Expert to Give Free Talk on Successful Aging By URMC Communications May. 4, 2009 William J. Hall, M.D., director of the Center for Healthy Aging at Highland Hospital and the University of Rochester Medical Center, will present a free talk from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, at ...
Education McDaniel Named to New Dr. Laurie Sands Professorship By URMC Communications May. 3, 2009 Susan H. McDaniel, Ph.D., an internationally known expert on the integration of mental health care and clinical medicine, will be formally installed Thursday, May 7, as the first Dr. Laurie Sands ...
Kiwanis Group Strives to Make Strikes for Golisano Children’s Hospital By URMC Communications May. 3, 2009 The first annual No-Tap Fun Tournament, which benefits Golisano Children’s Hospital, will begin at noon on Saturday, May 23, at Mancuso’s Bowling Center at 214 East Main St. in Batavia.
Research Cigarette Smoke May Rob Children of Needed Antioxidants By URMC Communications May. 1, 2009 Children exposed to cigarette smoke have lower levels of antioxidants, which help the body defend itself against many biological stresses.
Strong Fertility Center Offers Free Talk on Male Fertility By Lori Barrette Apr. 30, 2009 Strong Fertility Center will host a free seminar on male fertility issues at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Women’s Health Pavilion, 500 Red Creek Drive, Rochester.
Research Brain Protein Central to Both Parkinson’s, Drug Addiction Identified By URMC Communications Apr. 29, 2009 Scientists have identified a protein that appears not only to be central to the process that causes Parkinson’s disease but could also play a role in muting the high from methamphetamine and other ...