Research Frequent COVID Testing of Nursing Home Staff Protected Residents, Saved Lives By Mark Michaud Mar. 22, 2023 A new study in NEJM shows that nursing homes that conducted staff surveillance testing more regularly experienced significantly lower rates of COVID infections and deaths.
Research PFAS: What You Need to Know By Kelly Webster Mar. 21, 2023 PFAS are potentially harmful chemicals found in common, everyday products and drinking water. Researchers at URMC study the impacts PFAS have on our health and share what they know.
Patient Care Is it a Cold or an Allergy? By Lori Barrette Mar. 21, 2023 That first sneeze and sniffle prompts you to reach for a tissue. The second and third—perhaps fourth and fifth—may send you to the medicine chest for relief. But, is it a cold? Or is it a spring ...
Education Tearing with Tradition: Aspiring Doctors Learn Where They Will Train on Match Day By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 17, 2023 At noon on Friday, March 17, aspiring doctors from across the country opened envelopes. Inside, students learned which institution they will train at as residents. It was the annual Match Day ...
Research Common Dry Cleaning Chemical Linked to Parkinson’s Disease By Mark Michaud Mar. 14, 2023 An international team of neurologists makes the case that the chemical trichloroethylene (TCE), a common pollutant found in contaminated sites, is driving the global growth in Parkinson’s.
Education Dr. John Vorrasi Named Chair, EIOH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery By Karen Black Mar. 9, 2023 John S. Vorrasi, DDS, has been named chair, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Eastman Institute for Oral Health. The associate professor also serves as the department’s program director for ...
Patient Care Man with LVAD Heart Pump Travels Four Hours for Each Eastman Dental Visit By Karen Black Mar. 7, 2023 Throughout Eastman Institute, faculty and residents treat patients with a wide range of complex medical issues, like Loren Vinal, who has an LVAD heart pump. He travels four hours round trip to ...
Research Study: Scientists Harness Power, Precision of RNA to Make Mutations Invisible By Emily Boynton Mar. 6, 2023 Researchers in the UR Center for RNA Biology discovered a new way to suppress mutations that lead to a wide range of genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and many forms of ...
Research Iron & the brain: Where and when neurodevelopmental disabilities may begin during pregnancy By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 6, 2023 The cells that make up the human brain begin developing long before the physical shape of the brain has formed. This early organizing of a network of cells plays a major role in brain health ...
Patient Care Strong Expansion Project Receives $50M in State Funding By Karin Christensen Feb. 28, 2023 Strong Expansion Project Receives $50M in State...