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Miracle Kids 2023: Jenay Benard Miracle Kids 2023: Jenay Benard Patient Care

Miracle Kids 2023: Jenay Benard

  • By Scott Hesel
  • Jun. 6, 2023
Last Thanksgiving, a straightforward sinus infection turned into a life-threatening brain abscess for 12-year-old Jenay Benard. Thanks to the emergency surgery and physical rehabilitation teams at ...
Miracle Kids 2023: Jeyliana Gonzalez Miracle Kids 2023: Jeyliana Gonzalez Patient Care

Miracle Kids 2023: Jeyliana Gonzalez

  • By Bethany Bushen
  • May. 22, 2023
Her cancer journey started when Nana, now age 12, felt a marble-like bump on her lower abdomen. Within months, it grew to the size of a tennis ball. A series of tests including a biopsy confirmed ...
Miracle Kids 2023: Amina Mbodji Miracle Kids 2023: Amina Mbodji Patient Care

Miracle Kids 2023: Amina Mbodji

  • By Kelly Webster
  • May. 22, 2023
At only eight days old, Amina Mbdoji stopped eating and was having trouble breathing. A trip to the hospital revealed that most of her organs weren’t working, including her liver, kidney, and lungs, ...
Halting the Rise of Parkinson’s Halting the Rise of Parkinson’s Research

Halting the Rise of Parkinson’s

  • By Mark Michaud
  • Apr. 24, 2023
The University of Rochester’s leadership in the field of environmental medicine stretches back to toxicology research programs developed at the University under the Manhattan Project. These programs ...