Patient Care Skip the Pickup! Use MyChart to Have Medications Delivered to Your Home By URMC Communications Dec. 1, 2023 A new feature in UR Medicine MyChart lets patients select free home delivery for their prescriptions, saving time you would normally spend traveling to and from your local pharmacy. The home delivery ...
Patient Care When to Get Your Flu Shot and Symptoms to Look for By Kelly Webster Nov. 20, 2023 Flu season is here: Learn when to get your flu shot and what symptoms to look for.
Patient Care Antibiotic Dos and Don’ts: Tips for Staying Healthy While Taking an Antibiotic By Sydney Burrows Nov. 17, 2023 Antibiotics can help you feel better after some common illnesses by fighting the bacteria that cause these infections. UR Medicine experts share some lesser-known things that can help you recover as ...
Research $13M Boosts a Growing Immunotherapy Research Project at Wilmot, Roswell Park, Kaiser Permanente By Leslie Orr Nov. 17, 2023 A collaborative clinical research project to understand racial disparities in the use of immunotherapy to treat cancer, taking place between UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Roswell Park ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Launches Mobile Mammography Van: Will Help Save Lives By Leslie White Nov. 16, 2023 UR Medicine is expanding access to potentially life-saving breast cancer screening with introduction of a Mobile Mammography Van. Equipped with state-of-the-art, 3D breast imaging technology, it ...
Patient Care The stomach bug: Why soap is better than hand sanitizer to prevent norovirus By Sydney Burrows Nov. 16, 2023 Why is norovirus, also known as the “stomach bug,” so contagious? Is there any way to avoid it? UR Medicine infectious disease expert Brenda Tesini, MD, explains the most important things to do to ...
Patient Care Interdisciplinary Approach Provides Best Possible Care for Patients with Prostate Cancer By URMC Communications Nov. 15, 2023 Prostate cancer patients benefit for a unique team-based care model that brings together urologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and pathologists.
Research Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Opens the Door for New Clinical Trial at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Nov. 15, 2023 Studies are focused on pancreatic cancer that spreads to the liver.
Patient Care Newborn Screening: What Every Parent Should Know By Kiara Warren Nov. 14, 2023 Since 1965 when public health law mandated screening in newborns, the New York State Department of Health has provided the Newborn Screening program to every family that has recently given birth in a ...
Community URMC Partners with Five Star Bank in Pilot Project to Expand Health Care Access in Rural Communities By Chip Partner Nov. 9, 2023 Five Star Bank and the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) announced an innovative partnership intended to expand health care access in rural communities in Upstate New York.