Articles tagged with: university of rochester medical center
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 Medical Center Opens New Building Dedicated to Advancing University of Rochester officials were joined today by Lt. Governor Robert Duffy and New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to officially open the doors on a new research building at the Medical Center dedicated to cutting the time it takes to turn new ideas into […]
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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) […]
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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