Silence and sound: The perfect timing to preserve hearing
URMC researchers found a mix of sound and silence may be a key in slowing hearing loss when played over an extended period of time.
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Trying to Quit Smoking? One Patient Succeeded with Some ‘Totally Different’ Support
When Tracy Downs decided to quit smoking, she had little faith that it would actually happen. But then she met Patty Mallaber, ANP-BC, in Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Tobacco Dependence Treatment ...
A Love Story Written in the Stars: Wilmot Team Helps Couple Marry Despite Cancer
With help from their team at Wilmot Cancer Institute, a couple living with cancer achieved their dream of getting married.
Renewed Funding Supports Continued Telepsychiatry Care for Nursing Home Residents
A University of Rochester Medical Center pilot project demonstrating that telepsychiatry reduces emergency department visits and re-hospitalizations for nursing home residents has earned long-term ...
Book Provides Roadmap for Recovery from Brain and Spinal Cord Injury
Former URMC CEO Bradford C. Berk reflects on his own spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic and details his experience – as a doctor and a patient – to create a user’s manual for those ...
Need a Boost? URMC Experts Answer Your Questions About COVID Vaccine Boosters
Pfizer and BioNTech raised questions last week with news of a plan to seek authorization for COVID booster shots and to develop a new Delta variant COVID vaccine. Our experts answer those questions.
Thanks to Compassionate Care and Due Diligence, Colon Cancer Survivor Looks Forward
Joe Franch had just had his colonoscopy three years ago, so he thought there was no way the blood in his stool could be cancer. But when he stayed on top of his symptoms, he learned the news: he had ...
Return on Investment: Sensitive Parenting in Childhood Creates 13-Fold Cost Savings
A recent URMC study has found that sensitive, responsive parenting - specifically in early childhood - has a direct correlation with not only positive mental and physical health, but also financial ...
URMC Appoints New Senior Information Technology Leaders
Two long-term Information Technology (IT) leaders have been appointed to University of Rochester Medical Center IT leadership roles.
New Role—and Big Goals—for Nursing's Equity and Inclusion Leader
Sheniece L. Griffin, DNP, RN, CNL, is URMC’s newly appointed Nursing Director for Equity and Inclusion in Nursing Practice. The role may be brand-new to her—and to the system—but she has valuable ...