Health and Medicine

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  • UB researcher among first to receive NIH stimulus funding
    6/11/09
    A University at Buffalo addictions researcher is among the first in the country to receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) stimulus funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
  • Major Report on U.S. Tobacco Control Policies and Use Finds Stark Contrasts in Progress Among States
    6/10/09
    The United States is becoming a nation of haves and have-nots when it comes to tobacco control, according to a comprehensive publication on cigarette smoking prevalence and policies in the U.S. that was released today.
  • In NEJM Editorial, UB Cardiologist Recommends Optimal Medical Therapy, CABG, over PCI in Diabetics with Heart Disease
    6/7/09
    In an editorial in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), William E. Boden, M.D., professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the University at Buffalo, recommends that the results of the BARI-2D Trial published in that edition must be interpreted with "considerable caution."
  • Academic Software Developer Wins UB Entrepreneur Award
    6/2/09
    In 1993, John Eisner, D.D.S., Ph.D., was asked to develop software to streamline the admissions process at the University at Buffalo's School of Dental Medicine, where he was associate dean. Eisner responded to that challenge not just with a solution for UB but with a solution that other dental schools could use as well.
  • Don't mistake an athlete for a "toxic jock"
    6/1/09
    A rose by any other name is still a rose, but is an athlete by another name...a jock?
  • Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Injected into Skeletal Muscle Can Repair Heart Tissue
    5/28/09
    University at Buffalo researchers have demonstrated for the first time that injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue, reversing heart failure.
  • Pressure to Look Attractive Linked to Fear of Rejection
    5/27/09
    People who feel pressure to look attractive are more fearful of being rejected because of their appearance than are their peers, according to a new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Kent.
  • UB Scientists Develop Novel Method to Stimulate Growth of New Neurons in Adult Brain
    5/20/09
    University at Buffalo researchers have identified a new mechanism that plays a central role in adult brain stem cell development and prompts brain stem cells to differentiate into neurons.
  • Bestselling Author and Global Leadership Consultant to Address Dental School Grads
    5/6/09
    Scot Faulkner, author of the bestseller "Naked Emperors: The Failure of the Republican Revolution" and a consultant specializing in strategic change and leadership, will speak at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine commencement to be held at 5 p.m. May 9 in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • "Because Girls Can Do Anything"
    5/6/09
    With a storyline that is part international documentary and part reality series, a growing coalition of University at Buffalo educators and community members has set its sights on helping to build a school for girls in a remote Tanzanian village, a community enhancement that for these young girls will give them opportunity beyond the harsh limits of their reality.