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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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 A ‘Pacman Strategy’ to Boost the Immune System to Fight Cancer     A molecule that lies dormant until it encounters a cancer cell, then suddenly activates and rouses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells directly, marks the latest step in scientists’ efforts to tap the body’s own resources to fight the disease. […]

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Medical Miracle: When Serendipity Meets Science This week we’re breaking from our regular format to share a serendipitous patient care story. The video (and text) below relay an incredible account of a how a chance meeting between a cardiologist and neurosurgeon helped to give a brave, young mother a new lease on life. … … Serendipity […]

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 URMC Urology Team Introduces Breakthrough Surgery for Kidney Cancer Minimally invasive procedure integrates fluorescent imaging and robotic surgical system Dragan Golijanin, M.D.James P. Wilmot Cancer Center surgeons have become the first in the nation to use a new, infrared imaging technique combined with robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancer. The team, led by Dragan Golijanin, […]

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Landmark MADIT-CRT Trial Yields More Information on Treatment Benefits in Patients with Mild Heart Failure Rochester Researchers Present 15 Studies at Premier Cardiology Meeting   Cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator In September 2010, the MADIT-CRT trial led the Food and Drug Administration to approve a treatment known as CRT-D therapy (cardiac resynchronization therapy plus defibrillator) […]

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Device Drops Blood Pressure in Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension   John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D. John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D.A device designed to treat people with resistant hypertension helped lower blood pressure by 33 points, a substantial drop that would otherwise require patients to take an additional three or four drugs, on top of this subgroup’s usual […]

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