Patient Care Young Adult Cancer Survivors to Discuss Fertility Issues Oct. 8 By Leslie White Oct. 1, 2009 Young adult cancer survivors can learn more about fertility after cancer during a meeting Thursday, Oct. 8, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. The Young Adult Survivor Connection meets from 4:30 ...
Research $10.5 Million in Funding Creates Center to Study OCD By URMC Communications Sep. 29, 2009 A new research center exploring the science underlying a potential new treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder has been established at the University of Rochester Medical Center, thanks to a ...
Patient Care Rochester Native Joins Department of Neurosurgery By Germaine Reinhardt Sep. 28, 2009 Former Penfield resident Andrew M. Wensel, M.D., has joined the University of Rochester Medical Center as an assistant professor of Neurosurgery, expanding the faculty ranks of the department to 11.
Research Advocate and Master Teacher of Family Therapy Dies By URMC Communications Sep. 28, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center mourns the death of Susan H. Horwitz, Ph.D., associate professor of Psychiatry, a master teacher and clinician of family therapy and advocate for families. ...
Research Survey Finds Lack of Awareness of Local Fish Health Advisories By Mark Michaud Sep. 27, 2009 A pilot study indicates that a substantial portion of people who eat fish caught in the region’s rivers and lakes – including Lake Ontario – are not aware of state health advisories which warn ...
Research Symposium Explores Frontiers of Genomics and Medicine By Mark Michaud Sep. 27, 2009 The University of Rochester is hosting a symposium that will examine the impact of genomic research and emerging technologies on medicine. The Genomics and Translational Medicine Symposium – which ...
Research Where Surgery Was the Standard, Casting May Be the Future By URMC Communications Sep. 27, 2009 New research from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) may lead doctors to choose to tweak an old technology – casting – over using high-tech implantable devices for children with ...
Research Young Adults Visit Doctors Least at an Age When Risky Behavior Peaks By URMC Communications Sep. 24, 2009 The prevalence of substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, homicide and motor vehicle crashes all peak in young adulthood. Yet the study’s findings show that young adults underuse ambulatory ...
Research Viagra Relatives Shrink Abnormally Large Hearts By URMC Communications Sep. 24, 2009 Compounds related to Viagra, which is already in clinical trials to prevent heart failure, may also counter the disease in a different way, according to a study published online today in the journal ...
Patient Care University of Rochester Medical Center Offers Free Screening for Vascular Disease By Germaine Reinhardt Sep. 23, 2009 Nearly two dozen interventional radiologists, nurses and technicians from the Department of Imaging Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Centers will be on hand at Marketplace Mall ...
