Research Can’t Quit Smoking? Maybe You Haven’t Gotten the Right Message By Leslie Orr Apr. 5, 2021 What kinds of text messages work best to help smokers quit? Wilmot is using an innovative approach and reaching out to diverse communities.
Research First-Ever Lab Model of Human Eye Offers Hope for Macular Degeneration Patients By Susanne Pallo Apr. 1, 2021 Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed the first 3D research model of the human retina to study age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that causes loss of central vision.
Research Early Results Show Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Safe, Highly Effective in Adolescents By Mark Michaud Mar. 31, 2021 Interim study data released today show that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is 100% effective in preventing infections in 12-15 year olds. The vaccine is currently approved for emergency use ...
Patient Care COVID vaccines while pregnant or breastfeeding: what you need to know By Mark Liu Mar. 24, 2021 If you're pregnant or breastfeeding, hear two experts and an expectant mother answer some big questions — plus a key new finding on how babies can be protected from COVID when breastfeeding.
Research ABCD Study MRIs reveal more incidental findings in children By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 24, 2021 New findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD) Study could change our understanding of the prevalence of neurological problems in children and how neuroimaging is used to ...
Research More than words: Using AI to map how the brain understands sentences By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 22, 2021 New research involving neuroimaging and A.I., describes the complex network within the brain that comprehends the meaning of a spoken sentence.
Research AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine is 100% Effective at Preventing Severe Disease By Susanne Pallo Mar. 22, 2021 According to interim clinical trial results released today, the COVID vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 100% effective at preventing severe COVID and 76% effective at ...
Patient Care Fact Sheet: UR Medicine Testing for COVID-19 By Bethany Bushen Mar. 22, 2021 Soon after the outbreak of COVID-19, UR Medicine Labs began working to obtain government approvals, equipment and supplies to provide COVID-19 testing on-site. We appreciate the support we have ...
Education New Pediatrics Scholarship Program Will Address Health Inequity By Scott Hesel Mar. 19, 2021 Called the Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Scholars Program, it will help scholars acquire skills to advocate for policy level change addressing health inequity and its impact on groups ...
Education Match Day Tradition Continues as Rochester Medical Students Celebrate Next Step By Bethany Bushen Mar. 19, 2021 Fourth-year medical students across the U.S. learned where they’ll be spending the next four years on Match Day, Friday, March 19, which was an all-virtual experience for the second year in a row.
