Research $30 Million Gift from Saunders Foundation Supports Department of Orthopaedics, School of Nursing By Barbara Ficarra Oct. 23, 2024 The Saunders Foundation, led by University of Rochester Trustee Emeritus E. Philip (Phil) Saunders, has made a $30 million commitment to the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) to support ...
Community Teenager Revives Father After Cardiac Arrest By Leslie White Oct. 22, 2024 The ball soared across the golf course. Jon Crabbe stepped away from the tee and started walking toward his son. And collapsed. Fifteen-year-old Jack dialed 911 for help. His dad wasn’t breathing. He ...
Research Benefits of Liver Transplant for Colorectal Cancer: Looking Back on Five Years By Susanne Pallo Oct. 22, 2024 Patients who have colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver come from all over the U.S. to have living-donor liver transplants at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A new report shows ...
Research In Landmark Study, Immunotherapy Boosts Survival of Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma By Leslie Orr Oct. 16, 2024 A treatment that rallies the immune system to destroy cancer raised the survival rate for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma patients to a remarkable 92 percent, suggesting a new standard therapy for the ...
Research Future COVID Boosters Could Be Nasal: URMC Researchers Lead Study on Next-Gen Vaccines By Mark Michaud Oct. 16, 2024 A team is exploring the efficacy of COVID nasal vaccines, which could could offer broader protection against different variants and potentially provide stronger immunity in the respiratory system.
Patient Care UR Medicine pauses some elective, semi-elective surgeries to conserve IV fluids supply By Maureen Malone Oct. 15, 2024 UR Medicine hospitals will pause some elective and semi-elective surgical procedures requiring IV sterile fluids, beginning Oct. 16.
Patient Care Can You Sleep with a Concussion? Signs, Symptoms & Myths By Elizabeth Beach Oct. 14, 2024 Learn the facts about concussions: symptoms, treatments, and when to seek care. Discover whether it's safe to sleep after a concussion and how to support a full recovery.
Patient Care How to Prevent Falls in Older Adults By Barbara Ficarra Oct. 11, 2024 This leading cause of injury needs to be taken seriously.
Research University of Rochester brain research featured at Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 10, 2024 Several dozen Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester faculty, researchers, and trainees from programs including Neuroscience, Brain and Cognitive Science, Center for ...
Patient Care Buyer, Beware of Fake Botox By Barb Ficarra Oct. 10, 2024 Botox treatments are safe and effective when administered by a trained professional, but there are scammers out there. Earlier this year, consumers in New York and eight other states experienced ...