Patient Care Telehealth, Exercise the Focus of World Parkinson’s Disease Day By Mark Michaud Apr. 10, 2018 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is helping lead two advocacy efforts to increase awareness of the value of telehealth for individuals with Parkinson’s. These activities coincide ...
Research Mobile Apps Could Hold Key to Parkinson’s Research, Care By Mark Michaud Mar. 26, 2018 A new study out today in the journal JAMA Neurology shows that smartphone software and technology can accurately track the severity of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The findings could provide ...
Community ‘Stop the Bleed’ Effort Offers Life-Saving Kits and Training University-Wide` By Christine Roth Mar. 23, 2018 Beginning April 1, ‘Stop the Bleed’ there will be bleeding-control kits in every public access AED cabinet across University of Rochester campuses, including the Medical Center, all River Campus ...
Education Matches Made in Medicine: SMD Grads Learn Where They’re Headed Next By Christine Roth Mar. 15, 2018 On Match Day 2018, 100 soon-to-be physicians from the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry excitedly found out where they’re headed for the next three-to-seven years of their residency training. ...
Patient Care New LVAD Heart Pump Surgery is Minimally Invasive and Led by UR Medicine By Leslie White Mar. 13, 2018 UR Medicine cardiac surgeons recently introduced a minimally invasive approach to implanting the newest heart pump available for people with congestive heart failure. This is believed to be the first ...
Research Biological Sex Tweaks Nervous System Networks, Plays Role in Shaping Behavior By Mark Michaud Mar. 7, 2018 New research published today in the journal Current Biology demonstrates how biological sex can modify communication between nerve cells and generate different responses in males and females to the ...
Patient Care Zent Named Editor-in-Chief of Leukemia Research By Lydia Fernandez Mar. 1, 2018 Clive S. Zent, M.D., professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, has taken the reins as editor-in-chief at Leukemia Research, an international journal focused on basic and applied ...
Research HPV May Lurk In Your Throat By Susanne Pallo Jan. 31, 2018 URMC researchers found human papilloma virus (HPV), the culprit behind cervical and head and neck cancers, hiding in small pockets on the surface of tonsils. They believe HPV may evade the immune ...
People Robert Haggerty, former URMC Chair of Pediatrics, dies at 92 By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 26, 2018 Robert Haggerty, M.D., former Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Throughout a career that spanned six decades, Haggerty led numerous child health initiatives that ...
Research URMC Professor Emeritus and Pioneer of Neurotoxicology Dies at 92 By Susanne Pallo Jan. 23, 2018 Bernard “Bernie” Weiss, ’53 (Ph.D.) was a monumental and beloved figure in the scientific community. He helped found the field of behavioral toxicology and was a defining presence in the URMC ...
