Patient Care Canandaigua Woman’s Ordeal Illuminates Rare Form of Seizures By Mark Michaud Oct. 19, 2010 The remarkable story of a Canandaigua, N.Y. woman who emerged from a more than six month long coma is now being used to educate physicians about how to recognize and treat her extremely rare ...
Research URMC’s Golisano Children’s Hospital Participates in Cooling Study By URMC Communications Oct. 18, 2010 Golisano Children's Hospital at URMC is among 34 centers to participate in the first large-scale, multicenter study to investigate the effectiveness of body cooling and preventing fever in infants ...
Education Put Yourself in Pink and Support Wilmot Breast Care Center By Leslie White Oct. 18, 2010 Get into the pink of things Tuesday, Oct. 26, and help people with breast cancer at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center’s Comprehensive Breast Care Center.
Patient Care Burn and Trauma Services Renamed to Honor Devoted Benefactors By URMC Communications Oct. 14, 2010 Starting today, all University of Rochester Medical Center’s (URMC) regional burn and trauma services will be renamed in honor of two local restaurateurs who have raised millions of dollars to ...
Patient Care Poison and Drug Information Center Welcomes New Director By URMC Communications Oct. 13, 2010 Timothy Wiegand, M.D., has taken on the role of director for the Ruth A. Lawrence Poison and Drug Information Center.
Research AAP’s Landmark Award goes to URMC’s Dale Phelps By URMC Communications Oct. 12, 2010 Dale Phelps, M.D., professor of Pediatrics at Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center, received the AAP's Landmark Award for her pioneering work collaborating with ...
Education Oct. 21 Wish List Society Happy Hour Supports Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Oct. 11, 2010 The Wish List Society is hosting a happy hour fundraiser for the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at Murphy’s Law, 370 East Ave. The Wish List Society is a group of young ...
Research Patient Personality Hinders Detection of Depression By URMC Communications Oct. 7, 2010 Patient personality affects the accuracy of reports by friends and family members of mood history and symptoms and can cause missed diagnoses of depression, according to research published online by ...
Research URMC Discovers New Trigger for Kidney Cancer’s Invasive Behavior By Leslie Orr Oct. 6, 2010 Scientists have unlocked a strong interaction between two proteins involved in kidney cancer that help to explain the menacing invasiveness of this particular disease, according to a University of ...
Patient Care Free Community Talk on Nov. 4 will Focus on Sjogren’s Syndrome By URMC Communications Oct. 5, 2010 University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) rheumatologist Andreea Coca, M.D., will lead a free community health discussion on Sjogren’s syndrome at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Pittsford ...