Patient Care Women's Health Practice Earns 'Breastfeeding Friendly' Designation from New York State By Barbara Ficarra Sep. 11, 2017 UR Medicine's Women's Health Practice at Lattimore has earned New York State designation as a Breastfeeding Friendly Practice for its efforts to ensure that its staff, facility, education programs, ...
Patient Care A Royal Pain: Morning Sickness in Pregnancy By Lori Barrette Sep. 5, 2017 The news of Duchess Kate Middleton’s third pregnancy—and accompanying morning sickness—sheds light on this unfortunate side of pregnancy, which can be a royal pain for many expectant moms. UR ...
Patient Care URMC to Lead State-Funded Breastfeeding Initiative By Jessica O'Leary Aug. 1, 2017 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is embarking on a five-year initiative to encourage more mothers in high need areas of Monroe County to breastfeed exclusively for the recommended ...
Patient Care Are We on the Heels of a Gene Signature for High-Grade Breast Cancer? By Leslie Orr Jul. 10, 2017 A pathology researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center believes she’s discovered an important phenomenon in normal-looking breast tissue that could foreshadow an aggressive tumor known ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Opens New Outpatient Imaging Center By Leslie White Jun. 5, 2017 UR Medicine is transforming the experience for people undergoing diagnostic imaging testing and introduces the Finger Lakes region’s first outpatient interventional radiology clinic with the opening ...
Patient Care HEAL Program Offers Holistic Care for Victims of Interpersonal Violence By Christine Roth Jan. 30, 2017 Victims of interpersonal violence (IPV) in the Rochester area now have a new resource that for the very first time gives them access to social, emotional and legal services all in one place. Overseen ...
Patient Care UR Medical Center Board Honors Top Staff with 2016 Excellence Awards By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jan. 25, 2017 Ten individuals and four teams were honored for their dedication, service and outstanding patient care, with numerous examples cited of their extraordinary efforts.
Research Chemo-brain Among Women with Breast Cancer is Pervasive, Study Shows By Leslie Orr Dec. 27, 2016 The largest study to date of a condition known as “chemo-brain” shows that women with breast cancer report it’s a substantial problem after chemotherapy for as long as six months after treatment, ...
Patient Care Community Invited to Sneak Peek of Wilmot Cancer Institute's Ann and Carl Myers Cancer Center By Lydia Fernandez Dec. 19, 2016 Tours of the nearly completed facility, located at on the Noyes Health campus in Dansville, will be offered on Thursday, Jan. 5.
Community UR Medicine Hosts Bladder Health Information Event November 9 By Barbara Ficarra Oct. 24, 2016 November is Bladder Health Awareness Month, and UR Medicine is hosting an informational session for women of all ages to talk about how they can maintain or regain their bladder health. The event is ...
