Patient Care URMC Introduces Less Invasive Heart Valve Replacement to Region By Leslie White Aug. 21, 2012 Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center Heart and Vascular Center now offer a less invasive heart-valve replacement for seriously ill and inoperable patients who have run out of other ...
Research Vitamin D + TB Vaccine: Allies in Fight Against Bladder Cancer? By Leslie Orr May. 21, 2012 The tuberculosis vaccine is often used as a treatment for bladder cancer, and adding vitamin D might improve the vaccine’s effectiveness, according to new research from the University of Rochester ...
Research Report Highlights Understudied, Unwelcome Side of Cancer Treatment By Leslie Orr Mar. 6, 2012 The number of cancer survivors in the United States has tripled since 1971 and yet gains in survival have come at the price of second malignancies and cardiovascular disease, according to a ...
Patient Care Region’s Only Inpatient Palliative Care Unit to Open at Strong By Lori Barrette Mar. 23, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center will celebrate the opening of the region’s only hospital-based palliative care unit, at Strong Memorial Hospital, with a ribbon cutting and dedication ...
Patient Care Screening Key to Early Detection of Colorectal Cancers By Leslie White Mar. 11, 2009 Colorectal cancer screening is an essential part of the health checkups you need as you grow older. If you're over 50, University of Rochester Medical Center doctors encourage you to schedule a ...
