Research UR Researchers Recruiting Older Adults to Test H7N9 Bird Flu Vaccines By Emily Boynton Oct. 15, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry are recruiting volunteers between the ages of 50 and 70 to test a vaccine for H7N9, the bird flu virus that first surfaced ...
Patient Care Study Weighs Link Between Antibiotics and Obesity in Kids By Lori Barrette Oct. 10, 2014 Health care providers have long warned about the consequences of over-prescribing antibiotics, and now, there’s another reason to be cautious. UR Medicine childhood obesity expert Dr. Stephen Cook ...
Research Researchers Receive $4 Million to Study Common and Costly Cause of Death: Sepsis By Emily Boynton Oct. 9, 2014 A diverse team of immunologists, engineers and critical care clinicians received $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study sepsis, an over-the-top immune response to an infection ...
Patient Care Is a Check-Up on Your Back-to-School List? By Lori Barrette Aug. 25, 2014 As parents prepare their children for a new school year, it's a good time to check with the pediatrician to see if it’s time for an annual physical, or well-child visit. UR Medicine pediatrician Dr. ...
$1.3 Million Prosthodontic Clinic Renovation Complete at Eastman Dental By URochester Medicine Communications Aug. 8, 2014 Dental patients have begun to enjoy the recently completed $1.3 million renovation and expansion in Eastman Dental’s Prosthodontic clinic. Additional treatment rooms, the latest technology and new ...
Patient Care Dose of Reality: Whooping Cough Can Be Deadly By Lori Barrette Jun. 30, 2014 Whooping cough or pertussis has a funny sounding name, but the illness—and the cough—are anything but. Dr. Geoffrey Weinberg, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UR Medicine’s Golisano ...
Education Bruce Smoller to Lead Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department By Leslie Orr Jun. 11, 2014 Effective July 1, Bruce R. Smoller, M.D., an international leader in the study of skin diseases, will take his place as chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University ...
Patient Care Appendicitis: The Ins and Outs By Lori Barrette Jun. 2, 2014 Appendicitis is a complicated condition and it is critical to catch it in time before it progresses, potentially causing the appendix to burst. UR Medicine pediatric surgeon Dr. Christopher ...
Research Researchers Receive Grant to Reduce Deadly Diarrhea in Rochester-area Nursing Homes By Emily Boynton May. 6, 2014 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center received $950,000 from the New York State Department of Health to work on reducing Clostridium difficile or C. diff in Rochester-area nursing ...
Research Research at the New York Influenza Center of Excellence Continues with New NIH Grant By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 10, 2014 Researchers were awarded approximately $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue studying how our bodies respond to seasonal and pandemic flu viruses and vaccines.
