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Research leads the way in helping us to develop better and more effective ways of treating heart disease. Here, you can read about some of the most recent research efforts at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
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Harbor House to assist transplant and critical care patients, families
06/25/2008
Generous gift from the JLT Family Foundation helps URMC transplant patients, volunteers reach goal in just three years.
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Study Provides Detail on How Low Blood Flow Promotes Vascular Disease
06/23/2008
Researchers have found the first direct proof that a key protein drives the clogging of arteries in two ways, and that lowering levels of it opens them up, according to study results published in the June edition of the journal Circulation. The work establishes cyclophilin A as an exciting target in the design of drugs against atherosclerosis, the number one cause of heart attacks and strokes, which occur when vessels become completely blocked.
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Wilson Magnet Students Benefit from URMC Apprenticeship Program
05/23/2008
Some of the best Rochester City School District math and science students will work closely with researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center through a program that exposes them to the practice of biostatistics in a professional setting and introduces them to the possibilities of pursuing a career in the field.
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Ideal Treatment for Potentially Fatal Heart Condition Changes with Age
05/20/2008
Doctors now make more informed decisions on how to treat an electrical disorder of the heart – be it with drugs, an implanted device or nothing – thanks to a series of decades-long, Rochester-based studies. The two latest studies in the series, published recently in the journal Circulation, further defined the ideal treatments for the youngest and oldest of patients with Long QT syndrome (LQTS) and concluded that they are not the same.
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Cardiologist Receives Prestigious Kaiser Medal for Decades of Leadership
05/20/2008
Arthur Moss, M.D., professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has won the highest honor of the Rochester Academy of Medicine, the Albert David Kaiser Medal
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