Research URMC begins 7-year, $18M study of prenatal inflammation and child health By URochester Medicine Communications Sep. 20, 2016 Over the past several decades, researchers have shown that an array of conditions in pregnant women, such as anxiety, stress, and obesity, are associated with a large and common cluster of behavioral ...
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 $1.5M Senate Grant Supports Programs to Curb Youth Suicide and Substance Abuse By URochester Medicine Communications Jun. 6, 2016 More than a decade of research by URMC professor of Psychiatry Peter Wyman, Ph.D., is now helping to bring two promising programs--aimed at curbing youth suicide prevention and substance abuse--into ...
Education Professor of Psychiatry J. Richard Ciccone, M.D. Honored with Kaiser Medal By Christine Roth Jun. 3, 2016 The Rochester Academy of Medicine recently bestowed its highest honor—the Albert David Kaiser Medal—upon J. Richard Ciccone, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and founding director of the Psychiatry and ...
Patient Care Test Stress: Helping Students Manage Anxiety By Lori Barrette Jun. 2, 2016 As the school year winds down, kids’ anxiety over exams can ramp up. While a little test stress can be motivating, too much can derail some of the best students. UR Medicine expert Dr. Laura Cardella ...
Research When the Physical World is Unreliable By Mark Michaud May. 10, 2016 A new study out today in the journal Translational Psychiatry sheds further light on the idea that schizophrenia is a sensory disorder and that individuals with the condition are impaired in their ...
Community UR Medicine's Complex Care Center Forges New Outpatient Model By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 17, 2016 Eastman Institute for Oral Health will be providing dental treatment to adult and pediatric patients and training to the next generation of specialists at UR Medicine's new Complex Care Center, a ...
Research The Brain’s Gardeners: Immune Cells ‘Prune’ Connections Between Neurons By Mark Michaud Mar. 7, 2016 A new study out today in the journal Nature Communications shows that cells normally associated with protecting the brain from infection and injury also play an important role in rewiring the ...
Patient Care Eating Disorders: 5 Warning Signs By Lori Barrette Feb. 19, 2016 Whether or not you realize it, there’s a good chance you know someone who has an eating disorder. People who develop them often experience anxiety, low self-esteem and a level of perfectionism that ...
Patient Care Report Recommends More Treatment, Research, for Gulf War Vets By Leslie Orr Feb. 14, 2016 The cause of Gulf War illness is still a mystery but focusing on treatments and interventions might help the veterans of Operation Desert Storm as well as the troops of the future, according to an ...
