Patient Care Mammograms: Facts on 'False Positives' By Lori Barrette Dec. 14, 2015 Ten to 16 percent of women who get screening mammograms are called back for additional testing. Though few of them will end up having cancer, callbacks can cause anxiety, even when they result in a ...
Research Using the Power of Optics, Scientists Make Predictions about Breast Cancer By Leslie Orr Nov. 30, 2015 A University of Rochester biomedical engineering lab discovered a new way to judge whether breast cancer cells are likely to spread, by viewing tumor biopsies with a powerful multi-photon laser ...
Patient Care Golisano Children’s Hospital debuts Integrated PET-MRI By URMC Communications Oct. 30, 2015 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital recently became the first children’s hospital in the country to administer an integrated PET-MRI scan to a patient.
Patient Care Breast Density: What Women Should Know By Lori Barrette Oct. 12, 2015 Especially during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you may hear the term "dense breasts" in the media and you may wonder what it means and if it's something you should worry about. Dr. Avice O'Connell, ...
Patient Care Free mammograms available Oct. 10 and 17 for uninsured women By Ruth Harper-Rhode Oct. 6, 2015 UR Medicine Breast Imaging at Red Creek and at Strong West have teamed up with the Cancer Services Program of Monroe County to offer free mammograms to uninsured or underinsured women age 40 or older ...
Patient Care Patients Prefer Relief from Lower Back Pain Over Improved Mobility By Mark Michaud Sep. 9, 2015 A new study out today in the journal Neurology examines the question of quality of life for individuals with a common form of lower back pain called lumbar spinal stenosis. The findings show that, ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Building New Site for Outpatient Imaging, Autism Care By Leslie White Aug. 17, 2015 UR Medicine leaders will today break ground on a new building that will house a state-of-the-art outpatient Imaging Center, as well as the region’s first stand-alone clinic to integrate care of ...
New imaging machines designed to take kids to the open seas By URMC Communications Jul. 1, 2015 When the new Golisano Children's Hospital opens in July it will feature great new technology in a dedicated pediatric imaging suite, with a new PET/MRI, CT scan, family waiting area, and more. The ...
Research URMC Mourns Loss of Former Radiology Chair Robert O’Mara By Leslie White May. 12, 2015 Robert E. O’Mara, M.D., former chair of Radiology, as it was known then, and chief of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, died April 26, at his home in Tucson, Ariz. He ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Heart Team Uses 3D Printing to Save Woman’s Life By Leslie White Mar. 31, 2015 A constellation of technological advances helped UR Medicine-led heart specialists save the life of an aging Brighton woman. They used a three-dimensional (3D) print of her heart along with a ...