Research Study Shows Misconceptions about Cure, Longevity, Among Cancer Patients Facing 'Terrifying News' By Leslie Orr Feb. 28, 2022 A Wilmot study shows that nothing in medicine is 100%, including how patients and doctors view chances of a cure.
Research Meet Five Inspiring Women in Science By Susanne Pallo Feb. 11, 2022 On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, female researchers from across URMC share the career choices they made, the obstacles they overcame and their advice for the next generation.
People New Faculty Member Looks to Build on Collaborative Framework By Scott Hesel Feb. 10, 2022 For Sarah Lander, M.D., the joy of working in pediatric orthopaedics and sports medicine is in getting to know her patients and their parents, both through the difficult times of injury and then ...
Patient Care New Video Series Features Inspirational Stories from Behind the Masks By Karen Black Feb. 9, 2022 A new video series shares the stories of URMC and UR Medicine employees about how they felt called to work in health care and what keeps them going.
Patient Care UR Medicine Creates Alternative Level of Care Units at Strong Memorial, Highland Hospitals By Karin Christensen Dec. 17, 2021 UR Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital this week opened a new, temporary unit for Alternative Level of Care (ALC) patients. These patients no longer need acute, hospital-level care but cannot ...
Research URMC & RIT faculty awarded patent for gene transfer technology that could transform cancer therapies By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Dec. 13, 2021 Researchers at the University of Rochester Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience and Rochester Institute of Technology have received a U.S. patent for technology designed to accelerate development of ...
Patient Care Thanks to Clinical Trials, Big Leaps in Lymphoma Treatment By Leslie Orr Dec. 10, 2021 Two major clinical trials are changing the landscape in the most common form of lymphoma.
Patient Care UR Medicine pauses elective, semi-elective surgeries By Barbara Ficarra Dec. 2, 2021 UR Medicine hospitals will implement a three-week pause on elective and semi-elective surgical procedures that require inpatient hospital stays, beginning Dec. 6. Outpatient procedures will continue ...
Patient Care Looking at the Lungs: Getting More People Screened for the Region’s Deadliest Cancer By Ruth Harper-Rhode Nov. 29, 2021 An expanded Lung Cancer Screening Program at UR Medicine aims to encourage more people who are eligible to get screened for lung cancer.
Research New Study Finds Evidence of COVID Antibodies in Breast Milk of Vaccinated Mothers By Scott Hesel Nov. 10, 2021 A URMC study of 77 mothers - 47 in the infected group, 30 in the vaccine group - found that both groups produced strong levels of neutralizing COVID antibodies in breast milk samples.