Patient Care Age 5-11 COVID Vaccine: Everything You Need to Know on Safety, Efficacy, and Distribution By Correna Dolce Oct. 12, 2022 Infectious disease expert Jennifer Nayak, M.D., and pediatrician Stephen Cook, M.D., M.P.H, share why this COVID vaccine is continuously proven to be safe and effective.
Patient Care 8 South Engages in Successful Effort to Provide Equitable Treatment By Scott Hesel Oct. 7, 2022 As hospitals across the country have started to implement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) plans into their standards of care, one inpatient unit at GCH has gone above and beyond to ensure that ...
People Meet the Detectives Behind the Diagnosis By Bethany Bushen Oct. 6, 2022 Parents and families typically turn to their child’s doctor for answers when dealing with a strange or unexplained illness. But when that doctor is stumped, who do they turn to?
Education Rochester’s Role as Breastfeeding Epicenter Continues with World’s First Breastfeeding Division By Scott Hesel Sep. 30, 2022 As a fully independent, multi-disciplinary group, the Division of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine will provide a variety of services for patients, including: latch-assessments, pump-assessments, ...
People Lainie Friedman Ross Named Inaugural Chair of Health Humanities and Bioethics By Leslie White Sep. 22, 2022 A pediatrician and internationally renowned bioethicist at The University of Chicago, Ross was tapped as the inaugural chair of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Department ...
Research The prose of Dr. Seuss shines a light on how the brain processes speech By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Sep. 21, 2022 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have expanded the understanding of how the brain is engaged during complex audiovisual speech perception.
Patient Care Team of Specialists Treat Baby Born with Two Unusual Conditions By Karen Black Sep. 21, 2022 Freddie's case is rare. He was born with both cleft lip and palate and craniosynostosis. His team of URMC specialists, including experts from dentistry, plastic surgery and nuerosurgery, worked ...
Research Study Shows Hay Fever Among School Children Leads to Worse Asthma Outcomes By Scott Hesel Sep. 15, 2022 A study of school children found that the majority of children with asthma also reported having allergic rhinitis (or 'hay fever'), and these children had worse health outcomes than children who were ...
Research Mild traumatic brain injury increases risk of behavioral and emotional problems in kids By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Sep. 13, 2022 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found that kids who experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even a mild one, have more emotional and behavioral problems than kids who ...
Research The brains of children with autism may not always ‘see’ body language By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 18, 2022 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester have found that children with autism spectrum disorder may not always process body movements effectively, ...