Patient Care Boy Inspires Others by Overcoming a Stroke, Sickle Cell Anemia By URochester Medicine Communications May. 16, 2016 All his life, Gary has been living with the pain and complications of sickle cell disease, a serious and lifelong disorder that causes the body to make sickle-shaped red blood cells, which are stiff ...
Patient Care Boy Inspires Others by Overcoming Stroke, Sickle Cell Anemia By URochester Medicine Communications May. 16, 2016 From the day he was born, Gary Burks has been coping with the pain and complications that come with sickle cell disease.
Patient Care Preemie’s Spirit Captures the Hearts of Others By URochester Medicine Communications May. 13, 2016 Kinley was born with her heart was on the wrong side of her body. She was missing her pulmonary artery, and only had one lung. And the largest issue of all was that she was suffering from esophageal ...
Patient Care Gift of Life Unites 2 Families in Heart and Song By Karin Gaffney Christensen Apr. 28, 2016 The Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network event will bring a Horseheads, N.Y., family, which chose organ donation in a time of personal tragedy, together with the family of their infant son's ...
Patient Care Finger Lakes Man Enjoys Fatherhood After Specialized Heart Therapy By Leslie White Apr. 26, 2016 Mike Burke and his wife, Becky, are raising a toddler with a sense of relief and optimism that didn’t exist just two years ago. Faced with life-threatening heart disease, UR Medicine Heart and ...
Patient Care Strong Fertility Center Event Raises Funds to Assist Cancer Patients' Fertility Preservation By Barbara Ficarra Feb. 25, 2016 Cancer treatments can reduce or eliminate a young patient's ability to have children. Strong Fertility Center offers fertility preservation for young men and women, and each year hosts a fundraiser ...
