Research Nedergaard Named 2025 NAI Fellow for Transformative Discoveries in Brain Waste Clearance By Mark Michaud Dec. 11, 2025 The honor recognizes Nedergaard's groundbreaking discovery of the brain’s glymphatic system, which continues to transform neuroscience and drive new efforts to develop therapies to enhance the ...
Patient Care UR Medicine’s Most-Searched: What You Wanted to Know in 2025 By Elizabeth Beach Dec. 11, 2025 Find out the top five most-searched questions of 2025, along with the evidence-backed answers from our experts.
Research Farm-Living Families Develop Earlier Immune Maturation Against Food Allergies By Scott Hesel Dec. 10, 2025 Children who grow up in farming communities have long been known to develop far fewer allergies than their urban peers. A new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), offers one ...
People How a URMC Tech Found Purpose After Shocking Loss By Jada Atwood Dec. 10, 2025 When Jeff Civiletti lost his wife without warning, he also lost the future they imagined together. What brought him back to his feet was the very thing she saw in him long before he saw it in himself.
Patient Care Having Trouble Remembering Medications? Start Here By Ashley Mault Dec. 10, 2025 When life gets busy, it's easy to forget a daily medication now and then. But if it happens too often, it can affect how well your treatment works. Taking your medication is about building reliable ...
Community A Lightning Strike, Frantic Cries for Help, and a Stranger Who Refused to Let a Teen Die By Leslie White Dec. 9, 2025 “I thought someone had a heart attack and maybe needed CPR. I came to the scene to find a girl had been struck by lightning. Another person had started pressing on her chest…he said he really didn’t ...
Patient Care Coping with Two Cancers, Geneva Woman Benefits from Care Close to Home By Ruth Harper-Rhode Dec. 8, 2025 Maria Garcia-Rivera has been through a lot in the last 18 years, including two cancer diagnoses. But whenever setbacks related to her cancer come up, her UR Medicine and Wilmot Cancer Institute teams ...
Patient Care Sledding Safety and More: Keeping Winter Playtime Injury-Free By Kathleen Rock Dec. 5, 2025 Sledding is one of the most common causes of cold-weather injuries. Remember these physician-recommended ways to make sledding and other activities safe for your children this winter season.
Community Sangeeta Gajendra Appointed Chair of EIOH Community Dentistry By Karen Black Dec. 4, 2025 Eastman Institute for Oral Health has appointed Sangeeta Gajendra, DDS, MPH, MS, (GenDen '04, MS ‘12) as chair of Community Dentistry and Oral Disease Prevention.
Patient Care URMC, GE HealthCare Form Care Alliance to Build Advanced Capabilities Across System By Leslie White Dec. 2, 2025 The Medical Center's Care Alliance with GE HealthCare enables advanced diagnostic imaging across PET/CT, SPECT/CT, CT, MRI, and ultrasound; in-house production of radiopharmaceutical tracers helps ...