Patient Care Heartbeat of Community Stronger Thanks to Remote TeleVAD Program in Hornell By URMC Communications Jun. 28, 2021 Regular monitoring is needed to ensure LVAD devices are functioning appropriately. Kathy Bentley, along with many others in the southern region, are now utilizing the TeleVAD program to help get the ...
Research Grant Recognizes National Leadership in Environmental Health Disparities Research By Mark Michaud May. 5, 2021 The University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences Center has received a $7.7 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science. The grant marks five ...
Research Study Links Fracking with Higher Heart Attack Risk By Mark Michaud Apr. 26, 2021 In New York State unconventional natural gas development – or fracking – is banned, while in Pennsylvania it represents a multi-billion dollar industry. New research takes advantage of this ‘natural ...
People J. Chad Teeters to Lead UR Medicine Noyes Health By Karin Christensen Mar. 18, 2021 The Noyes Health Board of Directors has selected J. Chad Teeters, M.D., MBA, as its new president and chief executive officer, effective May 1.
Patient Care Unconventional Union For Officers Provides Hope For New Beats By Leslie White Feb. 12, 2021 Buffalo Police Detective Jim Kaska and Police Capt. Melinda Jones exchanged vows in an intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, where Kaska is awaiting a new heart, and a second chance at ...
Research RIT, URMC Receive NIH Funding to Study AI-Enabled Toilet Seat Technology for Heart Failure By Leslie White Oct. 6, 2020 Toilet seats with high tech sensors might be the non-invasive technology of the future that could help reduce hospital return rates of individuals with heart disease.
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 ...
Community Back-to-School Delivers Extra Stress to Parents with Cancer, other Serious Illness By Leslie Orr Aug. 26, 2020 URMC experts help families navigate sending children back to school when at-risk parents or grandparents are in their lives.
Patient Care Organ transplant programs continue despite pandemic By URMC Communications May. 21, 2020 Greece resident Frank Rosinski received a heart transplant this spring, giving him what he calls a new lease on life. (University of Rochester photo)Though most elective surgeries were suspended ...
Patient Care 3-Year-Old Asks Santa: ‘Can You Bring My Mommy a New Heart?’ By Leslie White Dec. 20, 2019 At a holiday festival in Utica, N.Y., little Sophie McLaughlin climbed onto Santa’s lap and asked for just one thing: a new heart for her mother. The bearded man was puzzled. He didn’t understand the ...
