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 ...
Research Wellness that Works By Patrick Broadwater Nov. 26, 2019 A study of the UR Medicine Employee Wellness program published in the Journal of Population Health Management found that nearly 50 percent of participants who were at moderate to very high risk for ...
Research Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Benefits Cancer Survivors with Heart Failure By Leslie Orr Nov. 11, 2019 A pacemaker-like device restored heart function in a group of cancer survivors — mostly women with breast cancer — who had suffered from heart failure as a result of chemotherapy, a study in the ...
Patient Care New Heart surgery Technique Performed 1st in US at Strong Gets FDA OK By Leslie White Jul. 30, 2019 Pioneering efforts by UR Medicine cardiac surgery teams led to FDA approval of a new technique for implanting a life-saving heart pump. The procedure, performed first in the nation at Strong Memorial ...
Patient Care Managing Transition with Care - Jacob Noyes By Scott Hesel May. 17, 2019 Jacob Noyes was born with Down Syndrome and a heart defect; thanks to help from the GCH team, he has graduated to adult care with help from the Complex Care Center
Patient Care 8th Annual ‘Strollin’ for the Colon’ to Benefit Cancer Education, Research By Lori Barrette Apr. 25, 2019 UR Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will sponsor the 8th annual Strollin’ for the Colon 5K Walk/Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at Geneseo’s Village Park. Strollin’ for the ...
