Tag: patients and families

Four hospitals associated with UR Medicine will receive a total of $21.8 million in state grants to improve services and facilities for patients, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced.

Being deficient in vitamin D has been linked to poorer survival in many cancers, including lymphoma. A new $3 million grant to the Wilmot Cancer Institute allows oncologists to evaluate whether ...

Wilmot's new Hereditary Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction Clinic supports patients with inherited cancer syndromes and strong family histories of cancer.

Summertime brings plenty of outdoor activities for kids and parents. Unfortunately, on the flip side of the coin is the real possibility for injuries. UR Medicine Urgent Care’s Dr. Michael Kamali ...

Summer picnics and barbecues are a great time for family and friends but if your immune system is weakened by cancer treatment, these events can also be fraught with food-safety challenges. That ...

This cool and refreshing salad is a great side dish for any summer meal!

For most people, mowing the lawn is a routine chore. But every summer, tragic injuries occur from easily preventable lawnmower accidents. UR Medicine orthopaedic trauma surgeon Dr. John Gorczyca ...

UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals in three specialty areas — neonatology, nephrology, and neurology and neurosurgery — in ...

Uncertainty surrounding proposals in Congress to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generating concern for faculty and staff members of the University of Rochester Medical Center, ...

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) has once again honored the UR Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital as having met its highest standards of care for stroke.