http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=d-health en-US Copyright 2009, University at Buffalo 2009-11-06T16:27:05-05:00 ub-news@buffalo.edu ub-news@buffalo.edu http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10596 Richard E. Besser, MD, senior health and medical editor for ABC News, will present the 21st annual J. Warren Perry Lecture on Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m. in 105 Harriman Hall on the University at Buffalo's South Campus. 2009-10-23T00:00:00-05:00 105960009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10591 Eight prominent scientists from across the U.S. will participate in a year-long Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series beginning this month, established by the University at Buffalo's Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Health Professions. 2009-10-22T00:00:00-05:00 105910009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10588 Scenario: A group of friends are drinking at the local pub, when one gets a cell phone call. He takes it in a quiet corner; nothing unusual. But this isn't a "What's Up" call from a friend: It's a "What-are-you-doing-right-now?" call from an automated voice system programmed to collect data in real time, via cell phone, from participants enrolled in research studies on alcohol, marijuana and the situational factors that surround their use. 2009-10-21T00:00:00-05:00 105880009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10564 The appointment of Michael Glick, D.M.D., as dean of the School of Dental Medicine at the University at Buffalo was announced today by David L. Dunn, M.D., Ph.D., UB vice president for health sciences. Glick is professor of oral medicine and associate dean for oral and medical sciences at the School of Osteopathic Medicine at A. T. Still University (ATSU) in Arizona and editor of the premier peer-reviewed journal 2009-10-15T00:00:00-05:00 105640009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10558 Tort reform -- legislation that aims to reduce medical malpractice suits -- will not cut medical costs and improve health care unless the government addresses the proliferation of unnecessary medical errors that victimize hundreds of thousands of patients every year, says Ruqaiijah Yearby, MPH, JD, associate professor in the University at Buffalo Law School. 2009-10-13T00:00:00-05:00 105580009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10541 The University at Buffalo's Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction (CLaRI) is the place where struggling readers and aspiring teachers come to find resources for success. Each semester, at CLaRI's reading clinic, graduate students working toward their master's degrees in education as literacy specialists get hands-on experience learning about what it takes to be effective teachers for local students who have trouble with reading. 2009-10-08T00:00:00-05:00 105410009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10500 A nation-wide cancer information program targeting African-Americans, called the Witness Project, is partnering with a University at Buffalo genetic epidemiologist to conduct the first national study of genes that increase breast cancer susceptibility in African-American families. 2009-09-29T00:00:00-05:00 105000009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10450 Excessive drinking or smoking by a husband or wife can strain a marriage. However, is it substance use specifically that causes problems within a relationship, or is it the difference in the amount of drinking and smoking between a husband and wife that loosens the ties that bind? That question is the crux of a report by Gregory G. Homish, Ph.D., assistant professor of health behavior, and colleagues in University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions and UB's Research Institute on Addictions. 2009-09-16T00:00:00-05:00 104500009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10418 Dietrich Jehle, M.D., the University at Buffalo professor of emergency medicine, who helped save lives on the scene of the 6-car accident on the I-190 expressway on Thursday, coincidentally is particularly knowledgeable about the dangers of car crashes. 2009-09-04T00:00:00-05:00 104180009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/10376 Jean Wactawski-Wende, Ph.D., professor and associate chair of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, and adjunct professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed UB's vice provost for strategic initiatives. 2009-08-21T00:00:00-05:00 103760009