Research Research continues to rule out brain’s immune system as key to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 2, 2021 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester continue to find evidence that the brain’s immune system may not be the culprit behind fetal alcohol spectrum ...
Legacy of Racism in Housing Policies Continues to Impact Maternal Health By Mark Michaud Oct. 4, 2021 Housing policies established more than eight decades ago that effectively trapped people of color in low income and segregated neighborhoods continues to impact the health of residents, resulting in ...
Patient Care URMC Pilots Optical Genome Mapping for Patient Care By Bethany Bushen Sep. 30, 2021 Every decade or so, a new technology comes along to help clinical labs identify genetic abnormalities. Whether a patient is a pregnant mother, a young child, someone with rare cancer or genetic ...
Patient Care Can I get Pregnant after Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine? Does the Vaccine Affect a Man’s Fertility? By Emily Boynton Sep. 20, 2021 Tieg Beazer understands why people are scared and uncertain about getting vaccinated before or during pregnancy. She got the shot and then got pregnant, and she’s eager to share her story with others.
Research Fracking Comes at the Expense of Water Quality By Mark Michaud Aug. 25, 2021 In a perspective piece that appears in the journal Science, Elaine Hill, Ph.D., calls for tighter regulation and monitoring of fracking as more evidence points to the negative health consequences of ...
Research Do COVID Vaccines (and Boosters) Protect You During Pregnancy? By Susanne Pallo May. 17, 2021 By all accounts, COVID vaccines in use in the U.S. today are highly effective, but pregnant people have largely been left out of the research behind the vaccines. A new study at URMC will follow 135 ...
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 ...
Patient Care COVID vaccines while pregnant or breastfeeding: what you need to know By Mark Liu Mar. 24, 2021 If you're pregnant or breastfeeding, hear two experts and an expectant mother answer some big questions — plus a key new finding on how babies can be protected from COVID when breastfeeding.
Patient Care When Motherhood, Breast Cancer and COVID Collide: How One Local Teacher Persists Despite Challenges By Ruth Harper-Rhode Oct. 16, 2020 While every pregnancy is unpredictable, Colleen Molina had no idea the upheaval she was about to face. In February 2020, she found out she had breast cancer, mere weeks before her second child was ...
Research Rochester Community Initiative Increases Teenage Use of Effective Contraception By Scott Hesel Jul. 9, 2020 The study found that usage of LARC among sexually active high school females in Rochester increased from 4 to 24 percent from 2013-2017, compared to an increase from 2.7 to 5.3 percent in New York ...
