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 ...
Patient Care Quick Questions with a Cancer Researcher: Using Genetics to Address Radiation Treatment Side Effects By URMC Communications Jul. 10, 2019 Sarah Kerns, Ph.D., M.P.H., conducts research in a field known as radiogenomics. Through her work with others around the nation, she hopes to find ways to use genetic markers to identify early on ...
Patient Care Golisano Children’s Hospital Recognized by U.S. News and World Report By Jessica O'Leary Jun. 18, 2019 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals in two specialty areas in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital ...
Patient Care Registration Opens for Seventh Annual Wilmot Warrior Walk By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 6, 2019 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will host its seventh annual Wilmot Warrior Walk on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Highland Park Bowl in Rochester. Registration is now open for the annual event that ...
Patient Care New Gene Therapy Poised to Transform Care for Spinal Muscular Atrophy By Mark Michaud Jun. 5, 2019 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been tapped as one of the first institutions in the U.S. to offer a new gene replacement therapy to treat spinal muscular atrophy. The new treatment, ...
Patient Care A Survivor’s Perspective: Takeaways from Wilmot’s 2019 Survivorship Symposium By URMC Communications Jun. 5, 2019 By Kate Rowe VanderBrook, Kidney Cancer Survivor
