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 ...
Patient Care Wilmot Physician Receives National Leadership Award in Cancer and Aging By Leslie Orr Jul. 29, 2019 The National Institute on Aging awarded $1.2 million to Allison Magnuson, D.O., as part of an effort to support talented physicians and scientists who are expected to lead the next generation in ...
Patient Care Quick Questions with a Cancer Researcher: Circadian Rhythm and Cancer By URMC Communications Jul. 24, 2019 Our circadian rhythm — a scientific way to describe our bodies’ natural 24 hour cycles over the day and night— can impact when we feel sleepy or awake. But did you know cells also have their own ...
Patient Care Fewer Smoke Cigarettes, though Nicotine Use is Up By URMC Communications Jul. 23, 2019 Despite a significant drop in smoking, nicotine use is surging as more people turn to e-cigs and other devices, often with the mistaken impression that they eliminate smoking's health risks. Tobacco ...
Patient Care Raising the Age to Buy Tobacco: Does It Really Make a Difference? By URMC Communications Jul. 18, 2019 Deborah Ossip, Ph.D., leads the University of Rochester Medical Centerâs Smoking Research Program and has studied tobacco use and nicotine for decades. She responds to some common criticisms of ...
Patient Care Living Well, with Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Jul. 17, 2019 Melissa Sciortino was tired of being tired. She was eight months pregnant in 2014 when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. When her cancer spread, she knew she had to do something, and that led ...
