Patient Care Severe Mouth Pain Leads Florida Resident to Rochester By Karen Black Dec. 1, 2020 A 24-year-old professional performer suffered for months with mouth pain. He flew from Florida to be seen by an oral medicine expert at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of ...
Research New Institute Takes Aim at Infectious Pathogens, Builds Pipeline of Clinician Researchers By Mark Michaud Nov. 11, 2020 The Translational Immunology and Infectious Diseases Institute will focus on the development of new treatments and vaccines, and strategies to better control the spread of infectious diseases like ...
Patient Care MyChart is Getting Supercharged with a New Look and Even Faster Results By Andrea Westerlund Oct. 9, 2020 UR Medicine is launching MyChart: Immediate Release on Oct. 11, which will give patients access to more of their health information than ever before.
Patient Care Ear and Throat Pain Led Woman to Urgent Care, Has Surgery Few Hours Later By Karen Black Oct. 5, 2020 A woman experiencing ear and throat pain first went to urgent care and ended up in surgery a few hours later.
Research Fast COVID-detecting Nasal Swab Card, Tested at URMC, Gains FDA Approval—Ideal for School 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.
