Highland Hospital to Host Emergency Response Active Shooter Drill By Wendy Boyce Jun. 30, 2023 Highland Hospital is hosting an active shooter drill on May 1 from 8 a.m. to noon. Multiple local law enforcement and emergency response agencies plan to participate including the Rochester Police ...
Highland Hospital Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Patient Tower By Wendy Boyce Jun. 30, 2023 Highland Hospital celebrates another major milestone today, cutting the ribbon on Highland’s Southeast Tower Project, a $70 million, 80,000 square foot modernization effort that will enable the ...
Highland Hospital Honors Physician and Advanced Practice Provider of the Year By Wendy Boyce Jun. 29, 2023 Highland Hospital is honoring Dmitriy Migdalovich, M.D., as Physician of the Year, and Courtney Shores, PA-C, as Advanced Practice Provider (APP) of the year.
Research An Unexpected Doorway into the Ear Opens New Possibilities for Hearing Restoration By Mark Michaud Jun. 28, 2023 An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the cochlea, repair inner ear hair cells, and restore hearing in deaf mice.
Patient Care New Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy a “Monumental Advance” By Mark Michaud Jun. 26, 2023 Emma Ciafaloni, MD, describes how the new drug works, why the FDA chose to limit its use, and what it means for patients and their families.
Research Health is Where the Home is: Study Shows Pediatrician and Family Collaboration can Address Obesity By Scott Hesel Jun. 26, 2023 A new study co-authored by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) faculty provides evidence for a straightforward solution to addressing the rise of pediatric obesity: collaboration between ...
Patient Care Palliative Care: Creating a New Model to Address Suffering for Neurological Illnesses By Mark Michaud Jun. 21, 2023 In a review commissioned by the journal Lancet Neurology, an international team of experts argue that current models of care do not adequately address the needs of people living with neurologic ...
Research New Images Capture Unseen Details of the Synapse By Mark Michaud Jun. 14, 2023 Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, a technical achievement that allows researchers to study the different cells that converge at individual synapses at a level ...
Research AI helps show how the brain’s fluids flow By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jun. 14, 2023 A new artificial intelligence-based technique for measuring fluid flow around the brain’s blood vessels could have big implications for developing treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Patient Care Be Proactive, Be Protected: Breast Imaging Specialist Shares Insights on Breast Cancer Screening By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 12, 2023 Many women understand that screening for breast cancer is a key way to find the cancer early and reduce your chances of dying from it. But the details of when to start and how often to be screened ...
