Patient Care Support Group Forming to Help Women with PCOS By Lori Barrette Feb. 19, 2010 Strong Fertility Center will launch a support group for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Women’s Health Pavilion, 500 Red Creek Drive, Rochester.
Research Low-income Urban Mothers Have High Rate of Postpartum Depression By URochester Medicine Communications Feb. 18, 2010 More than half of low-income urban mothers met the criteria for a diagnosis of depression at some point between two weeks and 14 months after giving birth, according to a study led by University of ...
Patient Care University of Rochester Expands Robotic Surgeries to Oral, Pharyngeal Cancers By Leslie White Feb. 16, 2010 Doctors at University of Rochester Medical Center are first in upstate New York to incorporate the precision and dexterity of a surgical robot to remove cancerous tumors in the mouth and throat.
Research Probing New Ways to Reduce Damage from Heart Attack, Stroke By URochester Medicine Communications Feb. 14, 2010 Two Rochester scientists are among the authors of a Nature Biotechnology paper that explores new ways to screen for drugs that might be useful for a range of conditions, including cardiovascular ...
Research Behavioral Therapy Improves Sleep and Lives of Patients with Pain By URochester Medicine Communications Feb. 11, 2010 Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia significantly improved sleep for patients with chronic neck or back pain and also reduced the extent to which pain interfered with their daily functioning, ...
Research Drug Shows Promise for Huntington’s Disease By Mark Michaud Feb. 8, 2010 An early stage clinical trial of the experimental drug dimebon (latrepirdine) in people with Huntington’s disease appears to be safe and may improve cognition. That is the conclusion of a study ...
Research Gift from William and Sheila Konar Supports Clinical Research on Alzheimer’s Disease By URochester Medicine Communications Feb. 7, 2010 Clinical research into Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions that cause dementia has taken a giant leap forward at the University of Rochester Medical Center, with a major gift from a local couple ...
Community New URMC Program to Focus on Health Behaviors By Mark Michaud Feb. 7, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center today announced the inauguration of the Healthy Living Center. This new initiative – which is part of the Center for Community Health – will offer clinical ...
Education Breast Cancer Survivor Hosts Feb. 6 Benefit for Wilmot Research Programs By Leslie White Jan. 28, 2010 Breast cancer survivor Paula Bokman will host a fund-raiser for research at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center to help find a cure Saturday, Feb. 6, at Burgundy Basin Inn
Research Researcher Elected to Leadership Team of Bone Research Society By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 27, 2010 Brendan Boyce, M.D., professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and director of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been elected Secretary/Treasurer of the ...
