URMC Chair to Lead National Family Medicine Organization Thomas L. Campbell, M.D., the William Rocktaschel Professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was recently named president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine. Association members elected Campbell to the position at the organization’s 2011 Winter […]

UR Deaf Health Disparities Group Wins National Excellence Award The National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) recently won accolades for putting community-based participatory research into action. The NCDHR was one of 11 research groups that won a best-practices award from the National Community Committee, which is associated with the Centers for Disease Control and […]

Scheduled Deliveries Not Linked to Healthier Babies It might be a sign of the times: In a world where people carry computer-phones in their pockets and exert an unprecedented degree of control over their environment, more and more pregnant women are seeking to schedule their babies’ births. In fact today, nearly one in four women plans […]

 Anti-Depressants Boost Brain Cells after Injury in Early Studies Observation in Patients Leads Neurosurgeon to Take a Closer Look Anti-depressants may help spur the creation and survival of new brain cells after brain injury, according to a study by neurosurgeons at the University of Rochester Medical Center. New astrocytes generated in the hippocampus after treatment […]

Obesity Not Always Protective Following Surgery Study Bucks Previous Findings, Clarifies “Obesity Paradox” Obese patients with high blood pressure and diabetes are at much higher risk for major complications following non-cardiac surgery compared to otherwise healthy obese patients and patients of normal weight. The new finding diverges from previous research demonstrating that obesity is associated […]

Health-e-Access has helped thousands of children get medical care quickly, conveniently Telemedicine Program Performs 10,000th Visit Health-e-Access has hit a huge milestone – 10,000 telemedicine visits with health care providers since the program began in May 2001 with pediatricians at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The 10,000th visit occurred […]

Finger Lakes Kiwanis Collect Donations, One Quarter-Mile at a Time Kiwanis Division Holds Fundraising Event to Benefit Golisano Children’s Hospital The Quarter Mile of Quarters fundraising event is just what it sounds like – members from the local Kiwanis clubs collect donations of quarters from shoppers at the mall, with the goal of collecting 15,840 […]

More Interventions at Delivery Not Linked to Healthier Newborns High Rates of Induction, Primary C-Section Do Not Improve Infant Outcomes in Low-Risk Women at Community Hospitals   Christopher Glantz, M.D., M.P.H.In low-risk pregnant women, high induction and first-cesarean delivery rates do not lead to improved outcomes for newborns, according to new research published in the April […]

Golisano Children’s Hospital Clinician-Researcher Wins AHA Award The American Heart Association named local volunteer Stephen Cook, M.D., M.P.H. “Science Advocate of the Year.” The award was presented at the association’s annual Congressional Lobby Day,in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 11, 2011. Stephen Cook, M.D., M.P.H. “Dr. Cook is passionate about ending childhood obesity and has […]

Wilmot Scientists Describe Current, Future Challenges in Lymphoma  A special edition of the highly regarded Journal of Clinical Oncology, placed online this week, spotlights James P. Wilmot Cancer Center physicians who write about progress and opportunities in caring for people with lymphoma. Richard I. Fisher, M.D., director of the Wilmot Cancer Center at the University […]