Research Teens Dangerously Uninformed about OTC Medication By URochester Medicine Communications May. 1, 2010 The majority of teens say they have never heard of acetaminophen – or what the appropriate dosing of it is even with access to the label instructions – despite having taken the medication recently, ...
Patient Care Former Chief of Otolaryngology, Skilled Teacher, Dies at 95 By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 30, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center mourns the death of John P. Frazer, M.D., a chief of the former Division of Otolaryngology at the Medical Center who treated patients for 60 years. He died ...
Research National Academy of Sciences elects two Rochester faculty members By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 30, 2010 Porter W. Anderson, Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center professor emeritus of pediatrics, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors a ...
Education Simulation Teaches Nursing and Medical School Students Teamwork By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 28, 2010 This week and next, students from the University of Rochester School of Nursing and the School of Medicine and Dentistry will participate in interdisciplinary patient simulations to learn how to ...
Research Genome Sequence Marks Big Leap Forward for Frog Researchers By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 28, 2010 An African clawed frog has joined the spotted green puffer fish, the honeybee, and the human among the ranks of more than 175 organisms that have had their genetic information nearly completely ...
Research Symposium Will Cover Newest Findings About Brain Tumors By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 27, 2010 Patients, physicians, and those caring for loved ones with brain tumors will observe Brain Tumor Awareness Week the first week of May with three educational and celebratory events sponsored by the ...
Education Eastman Institute for Oral Health Chair Elected to National Post By Karen Black Apr. 27, 2010 Carlo Ercoli, D.D.S., associate professor, chair and program director for Eastman Institute for Oral Health’s Prosthodontic Division at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been named the ...
Education Flag-Raising Ceremony Honors Gift of Organ, Tissue Donation By Karin Gaffney Christensen Apr. 25, 2010 Fourth annual event celebrating National Donate Life Month to take place Tuesday, April 27, in Strong Memorial Hospital's main loop.
Patient Care New Graves’ Disease Support Group Debuts with Free Talk on May 11 By Karin Gaffney Christensen Apr. 22, 2010 Steven E. Feldon, M.D., M.B.A., director of the Flaum Eye Institute and a specialist in orbital disease and neuro-ophthalmology, will discuss “What does Graves’ disease have to do with thyroid eye ...
Patient Care New Yorkers Have Much to Lose if Legacy Poison Center Closes By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 20, 2010 Gov. David Paterson has issued a proposal to cut poison centers in New York State, in an effort to save money in the state budget, which puts the 54-year-old Ruth A. Lawrence Poison and Drug ...