URMC Among Busiest Centers for Advanced Heart Failure Care in U.S.
URMC ranks in the top 3 centers for advanced heart failure in the US, including implantable pumps.
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Study Examines Second COVID Booster to Strengthen Immunity, Prepare for Future Waves
Can a second booster protect against future COVID waves and variants? URMC researchers are leading a new study that will help determine which boosters are recommended this fall, when COVID infections ...
Living Donation Opens New Doors for Colorectal Cancer Patients in Need of Liver Transplants
A new study, led in part by URMC, offers a second chance for terminal cancer patients. It demonstrates the first successful living-donor liver transplants in North America for patients who had ...
Study: Art at the Bedside of Cancer Patients is Good Medicine
A medical student married her love for art and a desire to help cancer patients by designing an art-appreciation study to ease anxiety.
Strong Will Nearly Triple Size of ED, Offer 100+ New Private Inpatient Rooms
Strong's expansion project will create a 175,000-square-foot emergency department and a 9-story inpatient tower for clinical space and all-private inpatient rooms, scheduled for completion in 2027.
Making a Match: Rochester Medical Students Gather Together to Mark Next Step in Training
Match Day – the annual ceremony where students across the U.S. open envelopes containing the name of the institution where they’ll train as residents – was held in person for the first time since ...
What is Ki-67 in Breast Cancer? It Can Spell the Difference in Treatment Options
Tumor biology and breast cancer-related genes are qualifying factors in newer CDK inhibitor therapies.
‘Immune Distraction’ from Previous Colds Leads to Worse COVID Infections
Counterintuitive results from a new URMC study suggest that prior infection and immunity to one of the seasonal cold coronaviruses may have put people at risk of more severe COVID illness and death.
New Research Shows Survival Rate Improvement for Extremely Pre-term Infants
A new paper examined the survival outcomes of 10,877 infants born at 22-28 weeks' gestational age between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2018, at 19 academic medical centers that form the ...
WALL\THERAPY Brightens the Bricks at the University of Rochester Medical Center
As the second anniversary of the COVID pandemic in Rochester approaches, URMC has commissioned a community art project through WALL\THERAPY that celebrates the staff's unwavering commitment to ...