Research The art of smell: Research suggests the brain processes smell both like a painting and a symphony By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 4, 2022 New research suggest the brain has multiple responses to representing a smell. In one strategy, the brain uses a snapshot, like a painting or a photograph, at a given moment to capture the essential ...
Research Study Examines Second COVID Booster to Strengthen Immunity, Prepare for Future Waves By Mark Michaud Mar. 31, 2022 Results are in! URMC-led study shows that current COVID boosters elicited weak immune responses to new COVID variants, suggesting a need for continued monitoring for new variants and possibly ...
Research Living Donation Opens New Doors for Colorectal Cancer Patients in Need of Liver Transplants By Susanne Pallo Mar. 30, 2022 A new study, led in part by URMC, offers a second chance for terminal cancer patients. It demonstrates the first successful living-donor liver transplants in North America for patients who had ...
Patient Care What is Alopecia? By Lori Barrette Mar. 30, 2022 You may not have heard of alopecia, but it is likely that we all know someone who suffers from this condition, which includes all forms of hair loss. Dermatologist Mary Gail Mercurio answers common ...
Research Study: Art at the Bedside of Cancer Patients is Good Medicine By Leslie Orr Mar. 28, 2022 A medical student married her love for art and a desire to help cancer patients by designing an art-appreciation study to ease anxiety.
Community “They Started an Avalanche” for Pancreatic Cancer Support By Leslie Orr Mar. 24, 2022 Twelve years ago, three women were separately in search of camaraderie as their families were shaken by pancreatic cancer. They had joined a popular nationwide online discussion forum, and to their ...
Patient Care Strong Will Nearly Triple Size of ED, Offer 100+ New Private Inpatient Rooms By Karin Gaffney Christensen Mar. 22, 2022 Strong's expansion project will create a 175,000-square-foot emergency department and a 9-story inpatient tower for clinical space and all-private inpatient rooms, scheduled for completion in 2027.
Research A key to restoring sight may be held in a drug that treats alcoholism By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 18, 2022 The pathway that the drug disulfiram blocks to treat alcoholism was very similar to the pathway that’s hyper-activated in degenerative blindness.
Education Making a Match: Rochester Medical Students Gather Together to Mark Next Step in Training By Emily Boynton Mar. 18, 2022 Match Day – the annual ceremony where students across the U.S. open envelopes containing the name of the institution where they’ll train as residents – was held in person for the first time since ...
Research Markman Recognized for Contributions to Pain Research By Mark Michaud Mar. 14, 2022 John Markman, M.D., has been named the 2022 Mitchell Max Scientific Award recipient for his contributions to pain research by the American Academy of Neurology.