Research Screening Foster Care Children Doubles Detection Rate of Potential Developmental Problems By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 12, 2010 The addition of a simple and systematic screening among children in foster care doubled the detection rate of developmental disabilities in a population that is at high risk for developmental ...
Education Find a Cure for the Winter Weather Blues By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 12, 2010 Tiring of the cold? Cheer up! There are plenty of great things you can do this time of year to lift your spirits and help kids in the community, from working out to indulging in smile cookies.
Research Grant to Solidify Model for Health Care of Foster Children By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 16, 2009 NYSHealth has awarded a $300,000 grant to the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) to implement and compare a new enhanced model of care—Starlight Pediatrics-—with the best current health ...
Education Outside the Snow is Falling and Events for Kids are Calling Yoo-Hoo By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 10, 2009 Despite the cold weather, members of our community are showing the warmth in their hearts by holding several fundraising events for Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical ...
Community Local Group Continues to Keep Babies Safe in Cribs By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 4, 2009 Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, the Safe Crib and Car Seat Project (SCCSP) expects to give away 150 cribs, mattresses and crib sheets to pre-screened families through participating ...
Community Doctor Recognized for Lifetime Commitment to Women and Children By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 30, 2009 Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D., professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been awarded the 2009 Martha May Eliot Award by the American Public ...
Education It’s Lovely Weather to Help Make Miracles Happen Together By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 30, 2009 The 100.5 FM Drive for Miracles Radiothon, an annual radio marathon held to share stories from the Finger Lakes Region’s only children’s hospital with the community, will fall during that special ...
Education Project SEARCH Celebrates Launch, Rochester Expansion By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 19, 2009 A dozen 18- to 21-year-olds with developmental disabilities are in internships around the University of Rochester Medical Center, learning skills in office, clinical and customer service settings, ...
Research Pilot Study Relates Phthalate Exposure to Less-Masculine Play by Boys By Leslie Orr Nov. 15, 2009 A study of 145 preschool children reports, for the first time, that when the concentrations of two common phthalates in mothers’ prenatal urine are elevated their sons are less likely to play with ...
Research Computerized Support Keeps Prominence of Name Brand Drugs at Bay By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 8, 2009 Simple computerized alerts can help curb the impulse to prescribe unnecessarily expensive, heavily marketed drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine.
