Education UR Schools of Nursing, Medicine Move Up in U.S. News Rankings By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 17, 2020 The University of Rochester’s School of Nursing and School of Medicine and Dentistry once again placed among the top 35 schools ranked by the 2021 Best Graduate Schools guide produced by U.S. News ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Prepares for Potential COVID-19 Patients While Maintaining Care for All By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 15, 2020 COVID 19 virusAs the community prepares for the anticipated rise in COVID-19 cases, UR Medicine today announced that it has begun to reschedule some patient appointments and redeploy resources to ...
Research New Book Details Roadmap to Prevent and Treat Parkinson’s By URochester Medicine Communications Mar. 11, 2020 A new book titled “Ending Parkinson’s Disease: A Prescription for Action” and authored by University of Rochester Medical Center neurologist Ray Dorsey, M.D. and his colleagues, lays out a new ...
Patient Care Genetic Test Results Have No Bearing on Radiation Therapy Toxicity By Leslie Orr Mar. 3, 2020 Genetic tests for cancer helps doctors and patients figure out the best targeted therapy matched to the tumor’s mutations. But the tests leave questions hanging about radiation therapy — until now.
Research Study: The Opioid Crisis May Be Far Worse than We Thought By URochester Medicine Communications Feb. 27, 2020 New research appearing in the journal Addiction shows that the number of deaths attributed to opioid-related overdoses could be 28 percent higher than reported due to incomplete death records. ...
Research Brain 'Drowns' in Its Own Fluid after a Stroke By Mark Michaud Jan. 30, 2020 Cerebral edema, swelling that occurs in the brain, is a severe and potentially fatal complication of stroke. New research, which was conducted in mice and appears in the journal Science, shows for ...
Patient Care URMC Awarded $6.7M to Combat Opioid Crisis in Rural Communities By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jan. 13, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been named one of the three Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder in the country, and awarded a $6.7 million federal grant to identify ...
Patient Care A Scientific Approach to Breast Cancer: One Survivor Shares Her Thought Process By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jan. 10, 2020 As a biology major, Lorna Wright knows what cancer looks like, and she recognized it when it popped up on the screen in her own ultrasound. A scientific approach to decision-making helped her through ...
Research Chemicals in Vaping Flavors Cause Widespread Damage to Lung Tissue By Mark Michaud Dec. 18, 2019 New research appearing in the journal Scientific Reports unpacks the list of chemicals that comprise flavored e-liquids and pods used in vaping and details their harmful effects to lung tissue, ...
