Patient Care Organ Donation Highlights Benefit for Harbor House Sept. 10 By Leslie White Aug. 11, 2016 The 10th annual “And the Beat Goes On…,” benefit dinner for Rochester’s Harbor House will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Henrietta. Harbor House is a ...
Research $19M Grant Will Help URMC Speed Medical Advances to Patients By Susanne Pallo Aug. 10, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded more than $19 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue programs that remove hurdles in the process of applying ...
Research Study Reveals Brain’s Finely Tuned System of Energy Supply By Mark Michaud Aug. 7, 2016 New research in the journal Neuron reveals how the brain is able to meet its massive energy demands with a “just in time” system that delivers oxygen that fuels nerve cells. The findings could shed ...
Patient Care Scanxiety: Coping with Fear About Cancer Tests By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 4, 2016 If you have cancer or are a cancer survivor, you’ll likely undergo tests to determine the effectiveness of your treatments or to learn if your cancer is in remission. Getting a scan can be ...
Research Lin Honored as 'Brilliant New Investigator' By Patrick Broadwater Aug. 4, 2016 Assistant Professor of Nursing Vankee Lin will be awarded the Brilliant New Investigator Award from the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS), Sept. 15-17 in Washington, D.C.
Unique SMILEmobile Gives First-of-its-Kind Access to Patients with Special Needs By URMC Communications Aug. 2, 2016 UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health today presented a new, custom designed SMILEmobile that provides first-of-its-kind access to people with special needs, including older adults, people ...
Research The Heart-Brain Connection: The Link Between LQTS and Seizures By Susanne Pallo Jul. 28, 2016 Patients carrying certain mutations that cause Long QT Syndrome, a rare cardiac rhythm disorder, have an increased risk for developing seizures and have more severe cardiac symptoms, according to a ...
Patient Care Researchers Look to Improve Late-Stage Liver Cancer Therapy By Leslie Orr Jul. 27, 2016 Scientists discovered a potential therapy for late-stage liver cancer based on earlier work showing that the androgen receptor (AR), the protein that makes testosterone functional, plays a major role ...
Education URMC Tapped for National Initiative to Improve Residency Training By Christine Roth Jul. 26, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center is one of only eight physician-training grounds in the U.S. selected to lead a four-year, nationwide effort to improve residency training for doctors. More ...
Research Research Aims to Fight Childhood Obesity through Family Approach By URMC Communications Jul. 26, 2016 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital is joining several other universities on one of the largest family-based childhood obesity studies ever conducted.
