Research URMC Joins National Effort to Set Quality Guidelines for Joint Replacement By Leslie White Oct. 3, 2010 The growing obesity epidemic and aging of baby boomers has driven demand for total joint replacement procedures to combat excruciating arthritis pain. Yet as more than 700,000 people go under the ...
Patient Care Experts Shine Light on Lupus at Public Education Session By URochester Medicine Communications Sep. 13, 2010 Patients affected by lupus, along with their families and friends, are invited to the University of Rochester Medical Center’s free patient education day on Saturday, Oct. 9. This year's talk ...
Education Camp Will Focus on Performance Enhancement for Teen Athletes By URochester Medicine Communications May. 25, 2010 High school and college athletes will have the opportunity to learn strength and conditioning skills at a month-long Performance Enhancement Co-Ed Camp sponsored by University Sports Medicine (USM), ...
Research Promoting Healing by Keeping Skeletal Stem Cells ‘Young’ By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 29, 2010 Scientists seeking new ways to fight maladies ranging from arthritis and osteoporosis to broken bones that won’t heal have cleared a formidable hurdle, pinpointing and controlling a key molecular ...
Patient Care University Expands Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Care with Center in Greece By Leslie White Mar. 17, 2010 University of Rochester Medical Center Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation is expanding services by opening a new center for comprehensive musculoskeletal care and recovery in Greece on Monday, March 22. ...
Patient Care As Hopes for Early Arthritis Detection Improve, Local Clinic Acts Fast to Save Joints By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 7, 2010 Earlier this year, Swedish researchers suggested that a new, simple blood test might one day allow doctors to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis years before any symptoms arise. Developments like these ...
Patient Care New URMC Clinic Tackles Little-Understood Dry Mouth, Eyes Disease By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 4, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center is taking steps to better understand and treat Sjogren’s disease, launching its first weekly clinic dedicated exclusively to area patients suffering from ...
Patient Care Experts Connect with Lupus Patients, Families at Education Session By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 18, 2009 Patients affected by lupus, along with their families and friends, are invited to the University of Rochester Medical Center’s free patient education day on Saturday, Dec.5.
Research Approved Lymphoma Drug Shows Promise in Early Tests Against Bone Cancer By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 5, 2009 A drug already approved for the treatment of lymphoma may also slow the growth of the most deadly bone cancer in children and teens, according to an early-stage study published online today in the ...
Research Experimental Drug Lets B Cells Live and Lymphoma Cells Die By URochester Medicine Communications Sep. 20, 2009 An investigative drug deprived non-Hodgkin lymphoma cells of their ability to survive too long and multiply too fast, according to an early study published recently in the journal Experimental ...