Patient Care Visitor Restrictions Aim to Stop Spread of Influenza By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 2, 2018 With influenza now prevalent in our community, UR Medicine is taking steps to help limit the spread and best protect patients and staff at Strong Memorial Hospital, Highland Hospital, Golisano ...
Patient Care Kids and Weight: What Not to Say By Lori Barrette Dec. 20, 2017 Their intentions may be good but, far too often, the way people talk, think and act about obesity—especially around kids—can fuel weight stigma. Golisano Children's Hospital pediatrician Dr. Stephen ...
From Fellowship to Faculty: Katherine Greenberg provides care for transgender teens By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 8, 2017 As recently as five years ago — before Caitlyn Jenner vaulted transgender awareness into the mainstream — the fledgling Gender Health Services program at the University of Rochester Medical Center ...
Lil' Fighter's Life Celebrated Through the Sport He Loved By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 6, 2017 The Beach Hockey Classic, held in honor of Patrick Carr, now draws more than 1,000 people to Ontario Beach. NHL star Shane Prince, who got to know the family during Patrick’s 8-year battle with ...
Med-Peds Residency Program Trains Doctors Who Live In Two Worlds By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 28, 2017 For teenagers with chronic illnesses, choosing the right adult primary care physician to illnesses is a crucial to their future health and wellness. Fortunately, Rochester has a group of physicians ...
Community Tom Golisano gives $5 million for new Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness Center By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 28, 2017 Tom Golisano, philanthropist and namesake of UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital, has pledged $5 million to support construction of a new Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness Center, ...
The Next Generation: Fellowship programs train tomorrow's pediatric specialists By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 20, 2017 Golisano Children’s Hospital’s fellowship programs help to train the doctors of tomorrow, and many of those physicians end up staying in Rochester to practice medicine. Dr. Blair Germain, a ...
Research Do Old Order Mennonites Hold the Key to Understanding Food Allergies? By Jessica O'Leary Nov. 13, 2017 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is embarking on a $2.4 million study focused on a population that is virtually immune to food allergies: the Old Order Mennonite Community.
Patient Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Begins Offering Donor Breast Milk to Premature Infants By Jessica O'Leary Nov. 8, 2017 Babies with very low birthweights — those weighing less than 3.3 pounds — now have access to donor breastmilk and donor milk products when a mother’s own milk is not available.
Patient Care Keeping the 'Treat' in Trick-or-Treating By Lori Barrette Oct. 27, 2017 Halloween is an exciting time for many children and trick-or-treating is a staple of the fall season. Golisano Children's Hospital pediatrician Dr. Stephen Cook offers advice for avoiding the ...
