Education Neurologists Establish Professorship in Honor of Robert J. Joynt By URMC Communications Apr. 28, 2009 Colleagues and friends in the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center are more than halfway toward their goal of raising $1.5 million to honor the physician who founded ...
Research Scientists Discover Way to Jumpstart Bone's Healing Process By Germaine Reinhardt Apr. 22, 2009 Rarely will physicians use the word "miraculous" when discussing patient recoveries. But that's the very phrase orthopaedic physicians and scientists are using in upstate New York to describe their ...
New URMC Program Aims to Help Patients Following Significant Weight Loss By Lori Barrette Apr. 19, 2009 Life After Weight Loss is an innovative program for people who have experienced significant weight loss and want to maintain it while improving the way they look and feel about themselves. Only the ...
Community 3 Events Offer Hope for People with Brain Tumors By Leslie White Apr. 15, 2009 People with brain tumors, and those who love and care for them, will observe Brain Tumor Awareness Week with three educational and celebratory events sponsored by the University of Rochester Medical ...
Research URMC to Trial Minimally Invasive Device that ‘Reins in’ Acid Reflux By URMC Communications Apr. 2, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center is one of 15 specialized sites across the U.S. and Europe gearing up to trial a new implantable device that could bring relief to the estimated 25 million ...
"Brain Attack" Gets Fast Tracked at Strong Memorial By Germaine Reinhardt Mar. 31, 2009 A new streamlined triage system at Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) is providing rapid evaluation and specialized treatments to "brain attack", or stroke, patients.
University of Rochester Robotic Surgeon Teaches Colleagues about Prostatectomy By Leslie White Mar. 24, 2009 One of the country’s top robotic surgeons will remove the cancerous prostate of a Binghamton-area man in a live demonstration of robotic surgery on Wednesday, April 8. University of Rochester Medical ...
Patient Care University of Rochester and The Highlands at Pittsford Present 'To Your Health!' By URMC Communications Mar. 22, 2009 The free “To Your Health!” series featuring health experts from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) resumes March 24 with an increased number of programs offering advice on learning ...
Research Astrocytes Help Separate Man from Mouse By URMC Communications Mar. 22, 2009 A type of brain cell that was long overlooked by researchers embodies one of very few ways in which the human brain differs fundamentally from that of a mouse or rat.
Palliative Care Now a Division of Department of Medicine By URMC Communications Mar. 17, 2009 Palliative Care, recently recognized as a subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties, has become a division of the Department of Medicine.
