Education The Future is Bright: White Coat Ceremony Welcomes Medical Students to Profession By Bethany Bushen Aug. 15, 2025 In a celebratory day filled with hope and excitement, the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry held its 20th annual Dr. Robert L. & Lillian H. Brent White Coat Ceremony—officially ...
Research Scientists Reveal How Senses Work Together in the Brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Aug. 15, 2025 It has long been understood that experiencing two senses simultaneously, like seeing and hearing, can lead to improved responses relative to those seen when only one sensory input is experienced by ...
Patient Care How Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Is Bringing Peace to Patients By Mark Michaud Aug. 13, 2025 Launched in June 2023, the URMC program was created to relieve psychospiritual distress in serious illness. Early patient stories show reduced fear, renewed agency, and spiritual peace.
Patient Care Journey to Confidence: Restoring a Smile and Changing a Life By Karen Black Aug. 11, 2025 This mother was at her wit's end because she couldn't find a dentist to help. Born with a rare genetic disorder, her daughter is missing 20 permanent teeth and most of her baby teeth are misshapen ...
People Back in Tune: The Rochester Medical Orchestra Finds Its Rhythm Again By Terri Medina Aug. 11, 2025 In a world of pagers, pressures, and patient rounds, it’s not often that you find a piccolo solo, a Borodin medley, or the laughter of flutists echoing through a hospital corridor. But the Rochester ...
Patient Care What Is Human Papillomavirus (HPV)? By Sydney Burrows Aug. 8, 2025 Despite being the most common sexually transmitted infection, many people don’t realize HPV can lead to certain cancers.
Research Breast Cancer Surgery: Is an Overnight Hospital Stay Really Necessary? By Leslie Orr Aug. 7, 2025 With proper screening, older women can go home right away after a mastectomy.
Education AI-Driven, Instructor-Free Platform Could Transform Surgical Training By Mark Michaud Aug. 6, 2025 The surgical simulation system teaches and assesses skills with 99.9% accuracy and high trainee satisfaction, offering scalable, personalized, real-time feedback and objective performance analytics.
Patient Care On the (Medical) Record: 4 Reasons to Download MyChart By Elizabeth Beach Aug. 6, 2025 Digital healthcare management is here to stay, and we want to help! Here's why you should download the MyChart app for UR Medicine today.
Research Researchers Trace a Source of Poor Tendon Healing, Retrain Cells for a Better Recovery By Barbara Ficarra Aug. 5, 2025 Long overlooked in the field of musculoskeletal study, the tendon is a highly complex anatomical structure that triggers a dynamic but mysterious cellular response when it's injured. In a new study ...