Health and Medicine

News about UB’s health sciences programs and related community outreach. (see all topics)

Vaccine watches bacteria, strikes only when trouble stirs
6/6/16
The new immunization approach may someday stamp out pneumonia, meningitis and other illnesses.
Myelin cells feel the force, UB researchers find
6/6/16
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Mechanical forces play a critical role in myelination, the formation of the protective coating that neurons need to function, researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered.
Study explores effect of manure management on antibiotic resistance, residues
6/6/16
UB and other university researchers partner with dairy farms across the Northeast on an innovative study.
New smartphone app makes it easy to find -- and enroll in -- clinical trials
6/1/16
A UB researcher funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) has developed a smartphone app designed to boost clinical trial recruitment by taking advantage of smartphone technology.
UB’s Homish named to World Trade Center Health Program committee
5/27/16
STAC panel members review scientific and medical evidence and offer recommendations to the WTC Health Program administrator on member eligibility criteria, as well as WTC-related health conditions.
UB researcher receives $7 million award to study telemedicine as a way to treat HCV-infected drug users
5/26/16
If successful with HCV, telemedicine could be a valuable approach to treating other diseases where patients face similar challenges.
The chances your nurse correctly monitors for side effects of pain meds? About one in four
5/26/16
A study led by University at Buffalo nursing researcher Carla Jungquist reveals that the vast majority of post-operative patients given opioid medications through intravenous infusions are not monitored often enough to detect respiratory depression, a potentially deadly result of overdose.
Media Advisory: Next wave of entrepreneurs to take center stage at Bright Buffalo Niagara
5/25/16
UB’s Bright Buffalo Niagara program will showcase the next wave of entrepreneurs and promising startup companies on June 15, and will include a keynote address by Bill Rancic, entrepreneur, investor and winner of “The Apprentice.”
Tobacco control strategies need a refresh, researchers say
5/24/16
It's time to modernize the decades-old tobacco control strategies that rely on an “all or nothing” approach and which are confusing the public, Lynn Kozlowski and David Abrams write.
UB partners with University of Zimbabwe to launch $1.3 million HIV research program
5/19/16
To train future HIV researchers, the University at Buffalo and University of Zimbabwe have partnered to form the HIV Research Training Program, supported by a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) John E. Fogarty International Center.

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