Patient Care Blood Pressure Stats: Why Your Numbers Count By Lori Barrette Nov. 21, 2017 About half of all Americans have above-normal blood pressure, whether they know it or not. This quiet, pervasive condition can have a devastating effect on our bodies. UR Medicine cardiologist Dr. ...
The Next Generation: Fellowship programs train tomorrow's pediatric specialists By URochester Medicine Communications Nov. 20, 2017 Golisano Children’s Hospital’s fellowship programs help to train the doctors of tomorrow, and many of those physicians end up staying in Rochester to practice medicine. Dr. Blair Germain, a ...
Patient Care A Day for Quitters: Great American Smokeout By Lori Barrette Nov. 13, 2017 Quit smoking—even for one day—and you will take an important step toward a healthier life, one that can reduce your risk for cancer as well as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The American ...
Patient Care After head and neck cancer, training for Thanksgiving By Lydia Fernandez Nov. 10, 2017 When you’re learning to swallow again after treatment for head and neck cancer, preparing for Thanksgiving can be like training for a marathon. It can be physical, mental and intense, but absolutely ...
Patient Care Genesee Vascular Lab Joins UR Medicine Heart & Vascular By Leslie White Nov. 9, 2017 UR Medicine has acquired Genesee Vascular Lab expanding its Heart and Vascular expertise, care and locations. Vascular surgeon Thomas Penn, M.D., who formed the practice in 1977, will continue to ...
Patient Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Begins Offering Donor Breast Milk to Premature Infants By Jessica O'Leary Nov. 8, 2017 Babies with very low birthweights — those weighing less than 3.3 pounds — now have access to donor breastmilk and donor milk products when a mother’s own milk is not available.
Research URMC Awarded Nearly $6 Million to Study Deadly Bone Infections By Susanne Pallo Nov. 6, 2017 The team, in the Center for Musculoskeletal Research, will study how a deadly bacteria gets into bone and how patients’ immune responses to the bug can actually make them sicker and more likely to ...
Patient Care The Future of Esophageal Cancer: Clinical Trials at Wilmot Attempt to Improve Treatments By Lydia Fernandez Nov. 3, 2017 Researchers at Wilmot Cancer Institute are working to improve treatment for esophageal cancer, a disease that affects 17,000 Americans each year. Often diagnosed after the cancer has spread, the ...
Research In Pursuit of a Universal Flu Shot By Emily Boynton Nov. 2, 2017 Developing a universal flu vaccine that would protect against all seasonal and pandemic strains of the flu virus is no easy task, and new research suggests that one of the most promising strategies ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Hosts Bladder Health Information Event November 15 By Barbara Ficarra Nov. 2, 2017 n recognition of November as National Bladder Health Awareness Month, and UR Medicine Adult Pelvic Health and Continence Care will host a free educational event on bladder health for women and men, ...
