Patient Care St. James Mercy Hospital Is Now UR Medicine Affiliate By Karin Christensen Mar. 6, 2018 Leaders from UR Medicine and St. James Mercy Hospital board finalized an affiliation agreement between the two organizations. St. James is the sixth to join UR Medicine's network of inpatient ...
Research Gut Bacteria: It can be Good, and Bad, for Health By URMC Communications Jan. 29, 2018 A new study found that impairing a rare group of cells in the small intestine transforms gut bacteria from helpful to harmful. The finding has implications for the treatment of inflammatory bowel ...
Research What’s in Your Gut? Bacteria Might Impact Response to Cancer Therapy By URMC Communications Nov. 2, 2017 A melanoma patient’s gut bacteria—“favorable” or “unfavorable”—influences whether that person responds to immunotherapy treatment, according to a new study published in Science.
Research Scientists Link Pancreatic Cancer Survival to Four Genes By Leslie Orr Nov. 2, 2017 Alterations in four main genes are responsible for how long patients survive with pancreatic cancer, according to a new study in Jama Oncology.
Patient Care 8 Transplants in 10 days for Solid Organ Transplant By Karin Christensen Sep. 21, 2017 The cases consisted of five kidney transplants, one pancreas transplant, and two liver transplants. Patients hail from Monroe County, Buffalo, Utica and Elmira.
Research Of Mice and Cheeseburgers: Experimental Drug Reverses Obesity-Related Liver Disease By Emily Boynton Aug. 2, 2017 A drug developed at the University of Rochester Medical Center protected mice from one of the many ills of our cheeseburger and milkshake-laden Western diet – non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Patient Care UR Medicine Opens New Outpatient Imaging Center By Leslie White Jun. 5, 2017 UR Medicine is transforming the experience for people undergoing diagnostic imaging testing and introduces the Finger Lakes region’s first outpatient interventional radiology clinic with the opening ...
Patient Care 6th Annual Walk/Run to Benefit Colon Cancer Education, Research By Lori Barrette May. 5, 2017 UR Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will sponsor the 6th annual Strollin’ for the Colon 5K Walk/Run beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, at Highland Park on Highland Road ...
Patient Care Temple Joins UR Medicine as Chief of Colorectal Surgery By Lydia Fernandez Jan. 17, 2017 Temple also will lead the Surgical Health Outcomes & Research Enterprise (SHORE) and serve as professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Patient Care Preemie’s Spirit Captures the Hearts of Others By URMC Communications May. 13, 2016 Kinley was born with her heart was on the wrong side of her body. She was missing her pulmonary artery, and only had one lung. And the largest issue of all was that she was suffering from esophageal ...
