Research URMC researcher receives $8.3 million to study chronic pain and the brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 19, 2023 Understanding the role of chronic pain in the brain could transform treatment and care for a condition that inflicts more than 20 percent of US adults. An associate professor of Psychiatry at URMC ...
Patient Care Dialogue Magazine: Breast Cancer Services Thrive — As Do the Grad Student Researchers at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Jul. 19, 2023 In the latest edition of Dialogue (Vol 1, 2023), read stories about breast cancer care and research at Wilmot Cancer Institute, a community collaboration that is benefitting cancer research, and ...
Research Racial Disparities Discovered in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices By Kelly Webster Jul. 17, 2023 Black patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators have a higher burden of disease than white patients with the same device, according to new URMC cardiology research.
Research Trading Sickness for Health: Swapping Brain Cells Points to New Huntington's Therapies By Mark Michaud Jul. 17, 2023 New study answers important questions about the viability of treatments that seek to replace diseased and aged cells in the central nervous system with healthy ones.
Research Study Shows Surprisingly Low Use of COVID Antiviral Treatments in Nursing Homes By Mark Michaud Jul. 14, 2023 Only 18 percent of COVID cases in nursing homes received antiviral treatment, despite the known benefit of these drugs and the high risk of nursing home residents to adverse outcomes due to COVID.
Education Eastman Institute Graduates 77 Specialists from 30 Countries By URMC Communications Jul. 2, 2023 Thirty different countries were represented among the Eastman Institute for Oral Health’s 77 graduates who crossed the stage Friday evening at a ceremony held in the University’s Feldman Ballroom.
Research An Unexpected Doorway into the Ear Opens New Possibilities for Hearing Restoration By Mark Michaud Jun. 28, 2023 An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the cochlea, repair inner ear hair cells, and restore hearing in deaf mice.
Patient Care New Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy a “Monumental Advance” By Mark Michaud Jun. 26, 2023 Emma Ciafaloni, MD, describes how the new drug works, why the FDA chose to limit its use, and what it means for patients and their families.
Research Health is Where the Home is: Study Shows Pediatrician and Family Collaboration can Address Obesity By Scott Hesel Jun. 26, 2023 A new study co-authored by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) faculty provides evidence for a straightforward solution to addressing the rise of pediatric obesity: collaboration between ...
Patient Care Palliative Care: Creating a New Model to Address Suffering for Neurological Illnesses By Mark Michaud Jun. 21, 2023 In a review commissioned by the journal Lancet Neurology, an international team of experts argue that current models of care do not adequately address the needs of people living with neurologic ...
