Tag: health care professionals

A new study shows for the first time that cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D therapy) saves the lives of mild heart failure patients over the long term.

UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital achieved "senior friendly" status this month for its successful implementation of the NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) program, a goal that ...

The URMC Department of Family Medicine will present the fifth annual Gene and Linda Farley Lectureship at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at Highland Family Medicine, 777 S. Clinton Ave. A reception ...

Millions of cancer survivors are dealing with painful neuropathy or hearing loss as a result of chemotherapy, but genomics offers scientists a new opportunity to help them, according to a commentary ...

The presence – or absence – of complications following surgery is a strong indicator of which patients are likely to be readmitted to the hospital in the 30 days following their procedure, according ...

The use of testosterone to improve outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization is taking hold across the country, but data on its use is slim and mixed. A new study suggests that male ...

Gary D. Paige, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Neurobiology and Anatomy, has been heading to Elk Lake Lodge in the Adirondacks every year for more than two decades. While there, he takes a lot of photographs. ...

William Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., former Director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is the 14th annual Dyson Day lecturer ...

In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Feb. 23-March 1), the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders (WNYCCCED), based at the School of Nursing, is sponsoring ...

UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital received approval from the state Department of Health to proceed with plans for an ambulatory surgical center at its Strong West location in Brockport.