Health and Medicine

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

Using big data to solve a moody issue
9/23/15
Mood disorders like depression are common among U.S. adults. Still, such disorders remain challenging for clinicians to diagnose and treat effectively.
Shedding light on potential toxins that lurk in blood and breast milk
9/16/15
Researchers struggle to detect toxic flame retardants found on common electronics and fabrics because current testing methods are inefficient or expensive. However, the new “one-shot” analysis has quickened the identification of flame retardants by five times.
Jacobs family makes historic $30 million gift to University at Buffalo medical school
9/14/15
UB’s medical school to be named the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Survey ranks UB students No.1 in making healthy choices at mealtime
9/2/15
The results reflect increased awareness of eating healthier, staying fit.
With tobacco, what you don't know can kill you sooner
8/31/15
Public shows “considerable lack of knowledge” about the risk associated with different types of tobacco products, UB researchers say
Vitamin D may play key role in preventing macular degeneration
8/27/15
Women with two risk alleles and low vitamin D status are nearly seven times more likely to have the sight-damaging disease, UB researcher and her team find.
RIA Fall Seminar Series provides new insights into addiction
8/26/15
National experts on behavioral neuroscience, adolescent substance abuse and prescription drug addiction will visit the UB Research Institute on Addictions during its Fall Seminar Series beginning Sept. 9.
$2.5 million NIOSH grant to study impact of stress on police health
8/24/15
How do the rigors of police work — from traumatic sights and sounds, to long work shifts and high demand levels — affect officers? A UB study seeks to answer that very important question.
UB spinoff Cytocybernetics awarded $291,000 for technique that improves drug safety screening
8/19/15
The Star Trek-like technology could help bring drugs to market quicker, saving hundreds of millions of dollars.
NIH awards UB $15 million Clinical and Translational Science Award
8/13/15
UB has been awarded a prestigious, four-year, $15 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health to speed the delivery of new drugs, diagnostics and medical devices to patients.

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