Patient Care Investigators Looking to a Better Future for Patients with Bladder Cancer By URMC Communications Sep. 12, 2019 Wilmot researchers are revealing new insights into what drives the disease and possible new treatment pathways.
Patient Care Can Marijuana Help Cancer Patients? Perspectives from an Expert By URMC Communications Sep. 12, 2019 Many doctors have doubts about medical marijuana, even when their patients want to give it a try. One Palliative Care expert at URMC helps sort out fact from fiction on the use of cannabis among ...
Patient Care UR Medicine First in Northeast to Perform Robotic-Assisted Transplants for Kidney Recipients By Karin Gaffney Christensen Sep. 11, 2019 The first recipient to receive a living donor organ robotically using the da Vinci Robotic surgery System® at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital underwent surgery in May. A second case was ...
Research Strong Student-Adult Relationships Lower Suicide Attempts in High Schools By Scott Hesel Sep. 9, 2019 High schools where students are more connected to peers and adult staff, and share strong relationships with the same adults, have lower rates of suicide attempts, according to a new study published ...
Patient Care Telemedicine Can Reduce ED Visits for People with Dementia By Lori Barrette Aug. 22, 2019 Though older adults with dementia have high rates of emergency department use for acute illnesses, a trip to the ED can be disruptive for them as they are at greater risk for delirium and other ...
Patient Care Mobile Stroke Unit Expands Operations to Monroe County By Mark Michaud Aug. 21, 2019 The UR Medicine Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) is now being dispatched to provide stroke care to patients throughout Monroe County. The MSU had been operating on a pilot basis in the City of Rochester ...
Patient Care Could I Have a BRCA Gene Mutation? Genetic Testing May Help You Find Out. By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 21, 2019 One local woman recently learned she has the BRCA2 mutation, after meeting with genetic counselors through Wilmotâs Hereditary Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction Program. She shared her experience.
Patient Care Face to Face: Paula Vertino and Her Defining Moments By URMC Communications Aug. 19, 2019 Based partly on a love of Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown books as a child, Paula Vertino, Ph.D., decided that detective work in a science lab was a perfect career option. Today, she is the Wilmot ...
Research Investigators Look to a Better Future for Patients with Bladder Cancer By Leslie Orr Aug. 17, 2019 Manny Tuccio, a 53-year-old husband and father of three, has a striking family history of bladder cancer. When he was diagnosed himself, however, his luck started to change because a research boom ...
Patient Care Can Hot Dogs be Part of a Healthy Summer? By URMC Communications Aug. 5, 2019 The summer season of barbecues and vacations can be a good time to try and break the cycle of restriction or indulgence. Registered Dietitian Jill Chodak, from UR Medicineâs Center for Community ...
