Tag: patients and families

Strong Memorial Hospital provided a record 40 life-saving heart transplants last year. Those second chances, made possible by organ donors, are priceless for our patients and their families.

TENS devices, which block pain and are readily available, may be useful for cancer patients, a new study shows.

Sarah Moore’s life over the past year has been mind-boggling and, at the same time, miraculous, after she spent more than 200 days in the hospital at Wilmot Cancer Institute.

A large NIH grant funds UR team to develop drugs without animal testing.

For years, BMI—body mass index—has been the go-to tool for plotting our weight into categories. If your BMI number is 25 or higher, you fall into the overweight or obese category. So, does that mean ...

Jack Pilarski, of Pittsford, represents a success story. He had been smoking for 60 years. After receiving information about Wilmot’s Tobacco Cessation Program, he decided to take the plunge. He ...

Winter can bring suffering to the millions of people living with eczema. Dermatologist Lisa Beck provides tips for eczema patients looking to keep the winter woes at bay.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) helped save Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and inspired countless people to learn. UR Medicine and the American Heart Association are expanding CPR readiness in ...

Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center are first in the nation to use a cutting-edge therapy for patients with cancerous tumors in their liver. Using high-intensity sound waves, ...

While many celebrate the season with gifts for one another, Jude Brock - a survivor of stage 4 melanoma - has a different take on the word “gift”.