Health and Medicine

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University at Buffalo launches new quantum institute
11/5/25
The initiative will harness UB’s wide-ranging research expertise and unlock advancements in computing, medicine, semiconductors and more.
Western New Yorkers were significant contributors to major NEJM study that confirmed exercise and PT help ease knee pain
10/29/25
More than half the participants in a national study on exercise and PT for knee pain were UBMD Ortho patients.
Study: State social policies reduce joint pain prevalence
10/24/25
More benefits and easier access to care mean fewer people living in pain, researcher says.
To boost the number of physicians serving Buffalo, the Jacobs School is launching the Buffalo Primary Care Initiative
10/23/25
The goal of the new, three-year MD program with full scholarships is to increase the number of primary care physicians in Buffalo’s East and West side neighborhoods.
UB, Lead Safe Task Force host mini-conference Saturday
10/20/25
The event addresses lead exposure in Buffalo and Western New York.
In a first at an ambulatory surgery center, UB neurosurgeons placed a carotid artery stent and the patient was discharged the same day
10/20/25
The neurosurgeons say this marks a paradigm shift in how complex neurovascular interventions can safely be delivered.
Is age-related macular degeneration different in women? UB ophthalmology researchers are investigating
10/15/25
Researchers have received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to study sex-specific mechanisms for AMD.
Fatty liver disease is a growing, silent epidemic, especially among younger patients, says UB physician
10/14/25
Once almost exclusively seen in older adults, fatty liver disease, which can be fatal if untreated, is now one of the world’s fastest-growing diseases. And it’s increasingly occurring in young people as well.
UB biophysicist to dive deeper into protein-RNA droplets with $2.1 million NIH grant
10/13/25
Award will allow Priya R. Banerjee to continue research on biomolecular condensates and their role in disease.
Joshua Lynch accepted into national drug abuse program for innovators
10/9/25
Johns Hopkins recognizes emergency medicine professor for his pioneering opioid treatment program.

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