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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 ...

Regular monitoring is needed to ensure LVAD devices are functioning appropriately. Kathy Bentley, along with many others in the southern region, are now utilizing the TeleVAD program to help get the ...

The UR Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center project marks a milestone today at The Marketplace Mall in Henrietta, as University of Rochester and community officials gather for a ...

For patients who need to receive blood urgently, it’s common to be transfused with Type O-negative blood (the universal donor type). But receiving blood that’s an exact match is even better. ...

Parents of children with the most complex medical conditions are more likely to report poor or fair mental health and struggle to find community help, according to a study completed by researchers at ...

Tim McConnell has always been an advocate for his own health, and he knew he had a higher chance of developing prostate cancer because his father had two prostate cancer surgeries during the course ...

New research shows that people nursing homes with higher concentrations of Black and Latino residents were more than 50% more likely to be infected with COVID and twice as likely to die in the first ...

Earlier this week, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the drug aducanumab to treat Alzheimer’s disease – making it the first new drug in nearly 20-years to treat the ...

URMC is participating in a new clinical trial that will help inform public health decisions around re-vaccination schedules and the deployment of boosters that target COVID variants.

Tell your health care providers the date of your vaccine and what arm received the shot - especially if you have an imaging scan coming up.