Patient Care Quick COVID-detecting Nasal Swab Card, Tested at URMC, is Approved for Use By Bob Marcotte Sep. 23, 2020 A $5 test that detects COVID-19 from a nasal swab within 15 minutes -- and has been evaluated in a clinical trial at the University of Rochester Medical Center -- has received FDA Emergency Use ...
Research Study of School Children with Asthma Provides Evidence for ‘Research Participation Effect’ By Scott Hesel Sep. 21, 2020 A study of school-children with asthma showed evidence that simple follow-up calls to see how these children were doing increased the number of symptom-free days that they experienced.
Research Underrepresented Populations Suffer Most from COVID-19 in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Communities By Bob Marcotte Sep. 21, 2020 Older residents from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds and their caregivers bear the severest brunt from COVID-19 across the entire spectrum of US nursing homes and assisted living ...
Research Researchers Draw More Links between Vaping, Smoking, Young People, and Coronavirus By Leslie Orr, Susanne Pallo Sep. 9, 2020 Vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes are all at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. The scientific explanation behind this is complex and ...
Research URMC Researchers Receive New Support to Study Effects of COVID-19 on Children and Adult Lungs By Scott Hesel Sep. 9, 2020 The LungMAP and HuBMAP programs will utilize their innovative approach of studying human - rather than animal - lung tissues to examine why COVID has potentially different effects on children versus ...
Patient Care Nursing Homes Continue to Report Staff and PPE Shortages By Bob Marcotte Aug. 20, 2020 Six months into the pandemic, more than 20 percent of nursing homes in the US continue to report severe shortages of staff and personal protective equipment, according to a new study.
Patient Care David Kaufman, M.D., Reflects on Experiences During Pandemic By URMC Communications Aug. 17, 2020 At Strong, we were lucky. We were together. A family. Never alone.
Patient Care New Guidelines for Managing Mucositis Now Available By Karen Black Aug. 6, 2020 New guidelines will provide healthcare professionals better tools to manage mucositis, a common and often debilitating complication of cancer therapy.
Research URMC Receives $24 Million to Translate Research Discoveries into Health Improvements By URMC Communications Jul. 21, 2020 URMC has been awarded another $24.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue efforts to translate scientific discoveries into therapies that improve health. This is the fourth ...
Research URMC Psychiatry Awarded Additional $2.5M to Combat Opioids in Rural Communities By Karin Christensen Jul. 15, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry has been awarded an additional $2.5 million to expand the scope of its UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence project.
