Health and Medicine

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

Paras Prasad named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
12/13/16
A prolific inventor and researcher, UB's Prasad was an early pioneer in the field of nanomedicine.
Drinking ‘settings’ tied to college sexual assault
12/12/16
Although alcohol is believed to play a role in college sexual assaults, a new study finds no evidence that male students’ binge drinking per se boosts their odds of becoming a perpetrator.
Local artists will use dance to explore humanity’s role as home to microscopic life
12/12/16
Science and art will fuse through the new UB performance, “Dance in Process — Process in Dance,” that uses movement to explore the idea of the human body as host for tiny forms of life.
How hearing loss can change the way nerve cells are wired
12/12/16
A study shows that short-term hearing loss can cause auditory nerve cells to alter their behavior and even their shape.
UB researchers receive Clinical Research Achievement Awards
12/8/16
This year, for the first time, local researchers competed in a clinical research competition sponsored by the University at Buffalo’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) to recognize the most promising advances in clinical research.
New clues to myelination
12/7/16
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have identified a critical step in myelination after birth that has significance for treating neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis, in which myelin is lost or damaged.
Medical students head into the city to explore how social factors impact health care
11/29/16
Clergy, community leaders and advocates will introduce students to some of the factors that shape patients’ lives.
Elusive protein acts as manager, addressing pH imbalance by transporting acid in and out of cells
11/22/16
A team of UB researchers has proposed a single, unifying model for an elusive protein involved in a rare, hereditary disease that results in vision loss.
Reengineered ear cleaning machine, the “Earigator,” finds an eager market
11/22/16
Located in UB's business incubator, Nupur Technologies LLC has sold nearly 200 machines since February.
Most nursing home patients refuse dental care during stay, UB study concludes
11/22/16
Nearly 90 percent of patients at long-term care facilities don’t take advantage of dental services, even when they are free, a recent study by University at Buffalo researchers has found.

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