Community Flying Together: Mural at Strong Memorial Honors Ongoing Pandemic Teamwork and Perseverance By Bethany Bushen Mar. 13, 2024 The Infection Prevention team at Strong Memorial Hospital was center stage in the early days of the pandemic, and they received the University of Rochester's Meliora Award in 2022. The team ...
Research Deep in the Bile Ducts, Researchers Explore How Cancer Arises By Leslie Orr Mar. 12, 2024 The latest Wilmot study on bile duct cancer shows how two known cancer genes cooperate to fuel it.
Patient Care Can You Refuse to be Weighed at the Doctor? By Holly Russell, MD Mar. 12, 2024 As a physician, I can’t ignore the lack of scientific evidence supporting routine weigh-ins. There’s no clear evidence that they improve a patient’s health, and guidance on a thoughtful approach to ...
Patient Care URMC Announces First-of-its-Kind Alliance to Expand Health Care Access to Rural Communities By Karin Gaffney Christensen Feb. 5, 2024 The University of Rochester Medical Center has announced a first-of-its-kind initiative to improve health care access and wellness outcomes in rural communities in Upstate New York through the ...
Research As Cancer Therapies Improve, More Patients with Rectal Cancer Forego Surgery By Susanne Pallo Jan. 31, 2024 A Wilmot Cancer Institute study shows that patients with rectal cancer who respond well to radiation and chemotherapy are increasingly opting for a watch-and-wait approach to care.
Patient Care Health Equity Spotlight: Addressing Disparities in Diabetic Foot Infections By Jherell Drain Jan. 22, 2024 Members of UR Medicine’s Vascular Surgery and Infectious Diseases divisions are using our health system’s race and ethnicity data to explore how treatment and clinical outcomes differ among patients ...
People URMC Taps Edith Williams to Lead the Center for Community Health & Prevention By Susanne Pallo Jan. 16, 2024 Edith Williams, MS, PhD, who joined the Medical Center as the founding director of the Office of Health Equity Research in 2022, is now serving as director of the Center for Community Health & ...
Patient Care URMC First in Nation to Use Sound Wave Therapy for Liver Tumors By Karin Gaffney Christensen Dec. 22, 2023 Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center are first in the nation to use a cutting-edge therapy for patients with cancerous tumors in their liver. Using high-intensity sound waves, ...
Patient Care Immunotherapy, and a Refocused Outlook, are the Gifts that Keep on Giving for Melanoma Survivor By Ruth Harper-Rhode Dec. 22, 2023 While many celebrate the season with gifts for one another, Jude Brock - a survivor of stage 4 melanoma - has a different take on the word “gift”.
Research Could a High-Fiber Diet Improve Cancer Immunotherapy Performance? By Susanne Pallo Dec. 12, 2023 Wilmot investigator Brendan Guercio, MD, is at the forefront of investigating whether a high-fiber diet can boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies for patients with bladder or kidney ...