Health and Medicine

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  • Those Who Are Regularly Sleepy During the Day May Be at Increased Risk of Stroke
    2/15/01
    If you sleep more than eight hours a night, snore or regularly are drowsy during the day, you may be at an increased risk of stroke, UB researchers have found.
  • UB Staff Member Celebrates Black History Month with Exhibit of African-American Memorabilia, Autographs
    2/15/01
    A collection of memorabilia and autographs commemorating African-American history is on display in the University at Buffalo's Lockwood Library in celebration of Black History Month.
  • UB, Hauptman-Woodward Agree on Long-Term Collaboration; Establish UB Department of Structural Biology at HWI
    2/14/01
    The University at Buffalo and the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc. (HWI) have agreed to establish a UB Department of Structural Biology at HWI, initiating a 10-year collaboration that positions Buffalo to play a lead role in this critical field.
  • Tips on Genomics and Proteomics Research for Reporters
    2/13/01
    Genomics and proteomics research in Western New York will play a significant role in the post-gene-mapping era. Here are some story lines and research initiatives that will be useful to you in your continuing coverage:
  • From Polkas to Pierogi: Award-Winning Book Looks at Thriving Polish-American Community
    2/7/01
    A University at Buffalo staff member has been honored by the Polish American Historical Association for her new book, which looks at how Polish Americans have creatively adapted the rural peasant folklore of the old country to become a thriving contemporary part of multicultural, urban America.
  • UB Professor, Former Beijing Fine Arts Editor, Remains Principal Documentarian of New Chinese Art
    1/30/01
    Minglu Gao is an artist, art historian, curator and author who was born and bred in the political and cultural tumult of late 20th-century China. Political circumstances sent him off to spend his teen-aged years herding cattle in Mongolia and later propelled him into the explosive Chinese art movement of the 1980s. Today he is a noted curator and assistant professor of art history at the University at Buffalo.
  • Regular Cocaine Use May Be Responsible for 1-in-4 Non-Fatal Heart Attacks in Young People, Study Finds
    1/29/01
    One quarter of non-fatal heart attacks among persons under the age of 45 in the United States can be attributed to regular cocaine use, scientists at the University at Buffalo's Toshiba Stroke Research Center have found. The study findings appear in the January issue of Circulation.
  • UB Education School Receives $495,000 Grant to Develop Technology Education Program for State’s Teachers
    1/24/01
    A consortium that includes the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education (GSE) has received a three-year grant through a U.S. Department of Education initiative to develop a model that can be used to infuse technology instruction into teacher-education programs.
  • Software Designed to Help Identify Criminals Who Write Ransom Notes, Forge Checks
    1/24/01
    Who wrote the Jon-Benet Ramsey ransom note? A computer program developed at the University at Buffalo that is 98 percent effective in determining authorship of handwritten documents soon may be able to assist in answering such questions.
  • Venom from Chilean Tarantula May Prevent Potentially Deadly Arrythmias, UB Research Shows
    1/19/01
    A specific protein isolated from the venom of a Chilean tarantula by University at Buffalo biophysicists shows promise as the basis for new drugs for preventing atrial fibrillation, the chaotic beating of the heart that is a major cause of death following a heart attack.