Tag: health care professionals

Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids – like those found in salmon – might be the key to helping the body combat lung infections, according to researchers at the University of Rochester School ...

UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute is part of a national clinical trial for an innovative new therapy that involves engineering a patient’s own immune cells to attack cancer, in this case lymphoma.

As our community, like much of the country, grapples with high levels of flu activity, we're taking the following measures to limit its spread and best protect patients and staff at UR Medicine’s ...

Monroe County offers some of the best pediatric health care in the country. Yet, children in Monroe County have poor outcomes in a number of important areas. At the 16th Annual Anne E. Dyson Memorial ...

Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Comprehensive Breast Care at Pluta has been granted a three-year/full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program ...

A University of Rochester-sponsored international conference aimed at improving the current system of screening newborns for rare diseases starts today. The event, which was organized by a URMC child ...

UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health has received a grant from New York State to use a rapid screening test for HIV in three of its clinics, based on the success of its smaller pilot ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center is mourning the loss of one of its longtime faculty members. Morris J. Shapiro, M.D., a professor of Emergency Medicine and professor emeritus of Surgery, ...

A Wilmot Cancer Institute investigator discovered a gene that’s required for the initiation of melanoma and the growth of disseminated melanoma cancer cells in the lungs.

People with severe bleeding can die in as little as two-to-three minutes without intervention. As part of a 2015 Homeland Security and Human Services initiative, the Kessler Trauma Center is ...