Research Updated Formula Measures Kidney Function More Accurately By URMC Communications Feb. 23, 2009 Children with chronic kidney disorder are often subjected to radioactivity and a large number of blood draws when clinicians measure how well their kidneys function. This process is also ...
Children with Hypertension Have Trouble with Thinking, Memory By URMC Communications Feb. 23, 2009 Children with high blood pressure are not as good at complicated, goal-directed tasks, have more working memory problems and are not as adept at planning as their peers without hypertension, ...
Research Why Bladder Cancer Is Deadlier for Some By URMC Communications Jan. 7, 2009 Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients ...
Research URMC, Lighthouse Biosciences Awarded U.S. Patent for Diagnostic Technology By Mark Michaud Jan. 7, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center has received a U.S. patent for a diagnostic technology that can rapidly and accurately screen for organisms such as bacteria and other infectious agents. ...
Strong Urologic Surgeons Perform Cutting-edge Minimally Invasive Surgery By Germaine Reinhardt Jan. 6, 2009 Urologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) are advancing the frontiers of minimally invasive surgery as they begin to introduce single-port access (SPA) surgery to the Rochester ...