Tag: patients and families

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis or LAM, for short, is a rare but frequently fatal lung condition that affects almost exclusively women, usually in the prime of their lives, as they begin their careers and ...

At 12, Alyssa Morales was referred to Golisano Children's Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she was admitted to its comprehensive Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder ...

We’ve all known middle-aged people who seem older because of health problems and 75-year-olds who seem younger because they’re very healthy. Scientists want to know if measuring a cancer patient’s ...

A new study appearing this week in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law catalogues community-based efforts to develop strategies and policies that – by targeting high risk housing – may ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center has sent letters to a group of former orthopaedic patients, alerting them to the loss of protected health information.

URMC’s Strong Fertility Center is celebrating 30 years of helping families grow through IVF by honoring Henry Thiede, M.D., retired chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and professor emeritus. Thiede’s ...

The Monroe County Medical Society will present the 2013 Edward Mott Moore Physician Award to Louis J. Papa, M.D., at its annual meeting May 1. The award is the organization's highest honor.

Raising 100,000 Voices is presenting a premiere screening of mini-documentaries produced by young people growing up in the City of Rochester. The event takes place beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center has partnered with the Rochester Dermatologic Society and the American Academy of Dermatology to host a free cancer screening on Saturday, May 11 from 8 ...

Since 2001, more than two million service members have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and studies indicate nearly a third of them have suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic ...