Health and Medicine

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  • New Research Finds Some Animals Know Their Cognitive Limits
    12/1/03
    A series of studies led by a University at Buffalo psychologist involving a group of Rhesus monkeys and a bottlenose dolphin suggest that some animals have functional features of, or parallels to, human conscious metacognition.
  • Sudden Cardiac Death in Chronic Coronary Artery Disease is caused by Ventricular Fibrillation in the Absence of MI
    11/20/03
    Sudden cardiac death, a situation in which the heart ceases to function without warning, resulting in death within minutes, is precipitated by a devastating disruption of the heart rhythm that can occur without evidence of an acute or healed heart attack, cardiovascular researchers from the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • Effect of Stress on Police Officers' Health to be Subject of Large-Scale Police Study
    11/20/03
    Researchers from the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo have received $1.75 million from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to conduct one of the first large-scale studies on how the stress of police work affects an officer's physical health.
  • Combining Medication and Family Counseling Improves Treatment Outcome for Men Who Abuse Heroin
    11/18/03
    A study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has shown that combining medication and family treatment leads to improved outcomes in male heroin abusers.
  • UB's Supercomputing Center Makes Its Mark on Grid2003
    11/17/03
    The University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research will be a major participant this week in Grid2003, one of the largest public displays of an international computational grid running numerous applications across dozens of sites involving thousands of processors.
  • At New UB Center, Scientists Will Tailor Unique Biometric Systems for Homeland Security, Public Health
    11/11/03
    The University at Buffalo has established the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors, a new, cross-disciplinary center that takes a unique approach to developing technologies in biometrics, the science of identifying individuals based on their physical, chemical or behavioral characteristics.
  • Antidepressants Decrease Chronic Pain by Inhibiting TNF Production in Brain, UB Researchers Find
    11/10/03
    Physicians have treated chronic pain with antidepressants for many years, knowing that the medications -- particularly the drug with the scientific name amitriptyline -- helped many sufferers, but they didn't know how it worked as a pain reliever.
  • Rath Receives 2003 J. Warren Perry Health Leadership Award
    11/7/03
    Sen. Mary Lou Rath today was presented the 2003 J. Warren Perry Health Leadership Award by the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions in recognition of her efforts to improve health in Western New York.
  • UB School of Management to Offer MBA Option in Biotechnology Management
    11/6/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Management will offer a new MBA concentration in biotechnology management beginning in Fall 2004. The curriculum is designed to provide a strong foundation of business principles vital to building a successful career in the biotechnology field.
  • UB Designs New Program to Meet Demand for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
    10/31/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing will inaugurate a new program in January to prepare nurses to be psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners, one of the most in-demand and financially rewarding of nursing specialties.