Research Program Launched to Examine Disease Origins in Womb, Infancy, Childhood By URMC Communications Nov. 1, 2011 The beginning of life is an incredibly delicate period. Not only do those first few days of life play an important role in the development of a human being, but gestation, infancy and childhood play ...
Research Stem Cell Efforts to Treat Neurological Disease Bolstered With $4.5 Million By URMC Communications Sep. 6, 2011 The endeavor to find better treatments or perhaps even one day a cure for a host of debilitating and fatal neurological diseases has been bolstered by an influx of funding from a mix of private and ...
Research Study Evaluates Tools to Encourage a Healthy Pregnancy By Mark Michaud Aug. 5, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center and Cornell University have teamed up to launch a major study that will assess electronic and web-based strategies designed to promote healthy behavior in ...
Research Brain Tumor Treatment Successful in Healing Rare Heart Condition By Leslie White Mar. 24, 2011 Serendipity may have saved 32-year-old Jamie Arliss’ life. A rare tumor discovered in her heart had stumped cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. They wanted to remove the ...
Education School of Nursing Founding Dean Loretta C. Ford Named to National Women’s Hall of Fame By Christine Roth Mar. 7, 2011 Loretta C. Ford, R.N., P.N.P., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.N.P., founding Dean of the University of Rochester School of Nursing, will be one of 11 American women inducted to the National Women’s Hall of Fame ...
Research Researchers Pinpoint Patients Who Receive Greatest Benefit from Heart Failure Treatment By Emily Boynton Mar. 1, 2011 Mild heart failure patients with a particular condition that results in disorganized electrical activity throughout the heart benefit substantially from cardiac resynchronization therapy with ...
Research Mother Nature and Bioterrorists: Rochester Battles Both with $11.9 Million Award By Emily Boynton Nov. 10, 2010 Flu viruses are a great threat, whether they stem from Mother Nature or are modified by human hands to create a deadly bioweapon. The University of Rochester Medical Center will tackle both scenarios ...
Research Lack of Vitamin D: More Evidence Connected to Breast, Colon Cancer By Leslie Orr Oct. 20, 2010 Two new vitamin D studies from the University of Rochester Medical Center suggest intriguing ties between a deficiency of D and breast and colon cancer, particularly among African Americans.
Research URMC’s Golisano Children’s Hospital Participates in Cooling Study By URMC Communications Oct. 18, 2010 Golisano Children's Hospital at URMC is among 34 centers to participate in the first large-scale, multicenter study to investigate the effectiveness of body cooling and preventing fever in infants ...
Research Researchers Study Afterbirth to Learn What Happens Before Birth and Beyond By Emily Boynton Oct. 3, 2010 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are forging ahead with an important first step in the National Children’s Study: Determining how to most accurately collect, preserve and ...
