Research Amid the Murk of ‘Gut Flora,’ Vitamin D Receptor Emerges as a Key Player By URMC Communications Jul. 6, 2010 Within the human digestive tract is a teeming mass of hundreds of types of bacteria, a potpourri of microbes numbering in the trillions that help us digest food and keep bad bacteria in check. ...
Patient Care Hematologist, Scientist Joins Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Jul. 6, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center welcomes Christina M. Wiedl, D.O., to the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center’s benign hematology team to care for people with a variety of blood and coagulation ...
Patient Care Telemedicine Program Wins Prestigious AHA National Award By URMC Communications Jul. 5, 2010 The American Hospital Association today announced that the University of Rochester Medical Center’s pediatric telemedicine program, Health-e-Access, will receive a prestigious AHA NOVA Award at its ...
Education Eating Disorders Expert Receives International Award By URMC Communications Jul. 1, 2010 Mary Tantillo, Ph.D., F.A.E.D., associate professor of clinical nursing at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, was honored by the Academy for Eating Disorders for her public service and ...
Education Experts on Bladder Cancer to Lead Free Seminar July 14 By Leslie White Jun. 30, 2010 Urologists specializing in bladder cancer will lead a free educational seminar for men and women concerned about this common disease at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer ...
Research Scientists Rate University of Rochester a Best Place To Work By URMC Communications Jun. 29, 2010 The University of Rochester has been ranked one of the top 15 institutions in the nation for scientists to work, according to The Scientist magazine, which has published its annual survey of “Best ...
Research Survey Shows Dogma, Not Data, Can Dictate Doctors’ Decisions By URMC Communications Jun. 29, 2010 New research published this month gives a glimpse into how medicine is often based on habit, not hard data, according to study author Jacob Moalem, M.D., FACS, an endocrine surgeon at the University ...
Research Despite Countless Changes, Original HIV Infection Lurks Within By URMC Communications Jun. 29, 2010 Scientists have been surprised to learn that, despite thousands of changes that viruses like HIV undergo in rapid fashion to evade the body’s immune system, the original version that caused the ...
Patient Care Cardiac Specialist Joins URMC Electrophysiology Team By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jun. 24, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center welcomes electrophysiologist Christine Tompkins, M.D., to its Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology as a senior instructor.
Research Targeting Flight-or-Fight Hormone Response to Combat Heart Failure By Emily Boynton Jun. 24, 2010 We’ve all experienced the strong heartbeat that accompanies emotions such as fear and rage. But can the body’s natural response to these emotions be used to combat heart failure? Results of a study ...
