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  • The brain scans of high school football and hockey players showed subtle injury -- even if they did not suffer a concussion -- after taking routine hits to the head during the normal course of play, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study.
  • A minimally invasive 'bellybutton' surgery technique already used to remove smaller organs like the gallbladder and appendix has now been adapted to allow URMC surgeons to excise much larger organs – like the colon, which in many adults measures almost five feet long.
  • Ralph 'Rusty' Lawrence looks out a window at Strong Memorial Hospital and thinks about running through autumn leaves with his young sons without having to catch his breath after a few short minutes. His failing heart has prevented him from rough-housing with the boys.
  • Scientists have had unprecedented success isolating and directing stem cells from the human brain to become oligodendrocytes and make myelin, a crucial substance that is in short supply in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis. In the photo above, areas in red show mouse brain cells coated with myelin.
  • Left to right: Candice Lee, M.D., Roseanna Guzman, M.D., Laura Nally, M.D., Bianca Redhead, M.D., Linda Ding, M.D., Melissa Mastroianni, M.D., and Kristin Kelly, M.D., sit for a portrait in an operating room at URMC. The seven, currently in their second year, comprise the first-ever all female surgical resident class at the URMC and possibly the country.

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A Step Forward In Effort to Regenerate Damaged Nerves »
February 21, 2012

Jason Huang and his team have taken a step forward toward the goal of repairing nerves more effectively in patients who have been involved in car accidents or suffered other injuries. In a paper published in the journal PLoS One, Huang and colleagues report that a surprising set of cells may hold potential...

URMC Primary Care Network Receives Top Medical Home Certification from NCQA »
February 21, 2012

All 22 offices in the primary care network have been nationally certified at the highest level to offer a new model of care that promotes partnership between patients and a personal team of health care providers.

Wilmot Cancer Center Recognized as One of Top 70 in Nation »
February 20, 2012

The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center has been named as one of the Top 70 Oncology programs in the United States by Becker’s Hospital Review, one of the nation’s foremost publications on up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems. With its inclusion on the Top 70 list,...

Jewelry Trunk Show to Benefit CARE for Cancer Survivors »
February 17, 2012

Strong Fertility Center of the University of Rochester Medical Center will host a fundraising jewelry show 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, to benefit patients of the Center’s fertility preservation program.

As Diabetes Emerges, Researchers Track Disease’s First Steps »
February 16, 2012

Scientists have taken a remarkably detailed look at the initial steps that occur in the body when type 1 diabetes mellitus first develops in a child or young adult. The analysis comes from a team of researchers and physicians who have expertise both in the laboratory and in treating patients.

National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week Events February 26-March 3, 2012 »
February 15, 2012

More than a half-dozen events will take place in the Rochester area in recognition of National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week, February 26-March 3, 2012, with sponsorship from the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders and Golisano Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatrics. The national theme of the week is “Everybody...