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UB physicians launch Western New York’s first long COVID center
10/3/23
UBMD Internal Medicine has opened Western New York’s first Long COVID Center, funded by a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation with support from UB.
Why do women develop cerebral aneurysms at a higher rate than men?
9/29/23
Rosalind Lai, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery, has been awarded the CNS Foundation/CV Section Young Investigator Grant for her research on cerebral aneurysms.
More than a market, UB Veggie Van is a ‘living lab’
9/27/23
On-campus mobile market is designed to test innovations developed through the Veggie Van Study, while giving students the opportunity to learn through a related food entrepreneurship course.
Study finds link to unclean cooking fuels and developmental delays in children
9/27/23
It is believed to be the first study to examine the impact of cooking fuels, heating fuels and passive smoking on child development measured in the five developmental domains in the U.S
Media Advisory: UB maternal health forum celebrates the life of Pearl Young with keynote talk by Barbara Ross-Lee
9/26/23
Improving maternal health outcomes is the focus of “A Mother Pearl Young Legacy Forum on Hope and Healing: Advancing Key Maternal Health Policies,” which will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
UB to offer free dental care to WNY vets in honor of Veterans Day
9/18/23
The annual event, called Dentistry Smiles for Veterans, is now its eighth year.
Researchers discover how a gene only some of us have may protect against neurodegeneration
9/18/23
Researchers have discovered how an active form of a gene present in 75% of the human population works to protect the brain against neurodegeneration.
To design fog-free PPE, student researchers turn to lotus plant
9/15/23
A new study outlines how University at Buffalo students, with the help of a local high schooler, used the aquatic plant to create face shields for dentists.
National consortium on alcohol use in adolescents names UB expert to its board
9/14/23
Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD, director of the Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, has been appointed to the Program Advisory Board of the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescent-Adulthood.
People who used e-cigarettes before pregnancy were more likely to stop smoking than those using nicotine replacement therapy
9/12/23
Researchers have found that people using e-cigarettes before pregnancy were more likely than those using nicotine replacement therapy to abstain from smoking later in pregnancy.