Research Grant to Improve Training for Professionals Caring for Those with Alzheimer’s Disease By Lori Barrette May. 22, 2012 The Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center (FLGEC) at the University of Rochester Medical Center was awarded grant funds to enhance training and education for professionals who assess and care for ...
Research Study: Stroke Victims Not Receiving Timely Diagnosis, Care By Mark Michaud May. 2, 2012 The mantra in stroke care is “time is brain.” With each passing minute more brain cells are irretrievably lost and, because of this, timely diagnosis and treatment is essential to increase the ...
Research University Life Trustee, Neurosciences Benefactor Ernest J. Del Monte Dies By Leslie White Apr. 22, 2012 Ernest J. Del Monte, 87, real estate and hotel developer, philanthropist and University of Rochester Life Trustee, died Saturday, April 21, 2012. His generosity to the University of Rochester leaves ...
Patient Care A Pillar of Modern Neurology, Robert J. Joynt, Dies By URMC Communications Apr. 16, 2012 Robert J. Joynt, M.D., Ph.D., one of the most influential neurologists of the last half century and the founder of the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, died ...
Patient Care Free Concussion Education Event Offered by URMC By Karin Gaffney Christensen Apr. 15, 2012 Experts from the URMC Sports Concussion Center, a collaboration between URMC Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and the Department of Neurosurgery, will offer a free community event in May to share ...
Research Meds Ease Depression in Parkinson’s Patients Without Worsening Other Symptoms By URMC Communications Apr. 11, 2012 Today’s anti-depressant medications can ease depression in Parkinson’s patients without worsening other symptoms of the disease, according to a study led by neurologist Irene Richard and published ...
Research ‘Brain Fog’ of Menopause Confirmed By URMC Communications Mar. 13, 2012 The difficulties that many women describe as memory problems when menopause approaches are real, according to a study published today in the journal Menopause. The findings won’t come as a surprise ...
Research Study: Early Surgery Controls Seizures, Improves Quality of Life By Mark Michaud Mar. 6, 2012 A new study out today in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that the vast majority of patients with previously uncontrolled temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent surgical ...
Research A Step Forward In Effort to Regenerate Damaged Nerves By URMC Communications Feb. 20, 2012 Jason Huang and his team have taken a step forward toward the goal of repairing nerves more effectively in patients who have been involved in car accidents or suffered other injuries. In a paper ...
Research Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients at Increased Risk for Cancer By URMC Communications Dec. 13, 2011 People who have the most common type of adult muscular dystrophy also have a higher risk of getting cancer, according to a paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
