Patient Care UR Medicine Restrictions Begin Due to Flu By URMC Communications Dec. 30, 2019 Flu restrictions are now in effect at UR Medicine's Golisano Children's Hospital, Strong Memorial Hospital, Highland Hospital, and Wilmot Cancer Center.
Patient Care Embracing the Beauty of Life – Challenges and All By Barbara Ficarra Dec. 13, 2019 When Nick Fioravanti was diagnosed with cerebral palsy before his first birthday, his parents, Julie and Alex, decided he would live as full and joyful a life as possible. To reach that goal, they ...
Patient Care From Childhood to Adulthood: Helping Patients Make Their Way By Barbara Ficarra Dec. 11, 2019 For children born with lifelong, complex health conditions at Golisano Children's Hospital, the newly formed Transitional Care Medicine team guides them through the sometimes-tricky path from "kid" ...
Patient Care Family Lifestyle Changes - and Behavioral Health Interventions - can Help Prevent Pediatric Obesity By Scott Hesel Dec. 5, 2019 Pediatric obesity is a growing problem. One third of children in the U.S. are either overweight or obese. For parents and caregivers of children who are obese or at risk of obesity, the information ...
Patient Care Finding Strength for Motherhood By Barbara Ficarra Dec. 4, 2019 Nadia Fulford was diagnosed with sickle cell disease very early in life, and she has spent all of her young life learning to live with it. She had no choice, because there is no cure.
Patient Care Meeting the Patient where they are – Adam Szeczesny By Scott Hesel Dec. 2, 2019 Adam Szczesny may be non-verbal, but he's a passionate communicator. After a long struggle finding the right doctor, the Complex Care Center and Heather Busick. M.D., M.S., were the first to connect ...
Research Strong Student-Adult Relationships Lower Suicide Attempts in High Schools By Scott Hesel Sep. 9, 2019 High schools where students are more connected to peers and adult staff, and share strong relationships with the same adults, have lower rates of suicide attempts, according to a new study published ...
Patient Care Lynne Massaro Inducted as AANP Fellow By Patrick Broadwater Jul. 18, 2019 Lynne Massaro, who helped launch the first nurse practitioner residency program in New York state, has been accepted as a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
Patient Care Golisano Children’s Hospital Recognized by U.S. News and World Report By Jessica O'Leary Jun. 18, 2019 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals in two specialty areas in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital ...
Patient Care New Gene Therapy Poised to Transform Care for Spinal Muscular Atrophy By Mark Michaud Jun. 5, 2019 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been tapped as one of the first institutions in the U.S. to offer a new gene replacement therapy to treat spinal muscular atrophy. The new treatment, ...
