Tag: patients and families

Javen Jackson’s journey is one of incredible strength and love, sustained by a resilient family spirit. It is defined by survival, loss, and miracles that arose in the family’s despair.

Can you have a stroke without knowing it? Learn the signs of silent stroke, early stroke symptoms, differences between men and women, and what to do in an emergency.

Deirdre Salanger, MHA, a health care administrator with deep experience at high-profile urban health systems, will join URMC as chief operating officer of Strong Memorial Hospital beginning July 21. ...

UR Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital recently provided its 1,000th heart pump, a lifesaving therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. This milestone has been attained by only a handful of ...

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is not considered a traditional sexually transmitted infection (STI), but a recently published study by the New England Journal of Medicine offers evidence that sexual ...

Planning for your medical care is vital to ensure your wishes are honored if you ever become unable to speak for yourself. Follow these steps to understand, choose, and set up a healthcare proxy, ...

There's a lot of talk online about "adrenal fatigue" as a cause of weight gain. Here’s what one expert says to pay attention to instead.

Golisano Children’s Hospital (GCH) and the Onondaga Nation are collaborating on a project aimed at increasing access to DBP care for Indigenous children and families. The project, which started in ...

From allergy eye drops to allergy medicine and humidifiers, there are several strategies to help with common spring allergy symptoms, say UR Medicine experts.

AI mental health apps may offer a cheap and accessible way to fill the gaps in the overstretched U.S. mental healthcare system, but ethics experts warn that we need to be thoughtful about how we use ...