Health and Medicine

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

Light therapy could replace opioids as main treatment for cancer treatment side effect
7/9/19
A worldwide coalition of researchers and clinicians has agreed that light therapy is among the most effective interventions for the prevention of oral mucositis, painful ulcers in the mouth resulting from cancer therapy.
Study: Gadolinium deposition occurs in early MS
7/8/19
There is no discernible clinical impact of the commonly used contrast agent, UB researchers found.
Finding a Native American dentist is rare, UB dental program aims to change that
7/8/19
Initiative between UB School of Dental Medicine and Seneca Nation Health System introduces Native American students to careers in dentistry.
UB researcher awarded grant to investigate potential smoking cessation therapy
7/8/19
Numerous smoking cessation therapies are on the market, but actually quitting for good is still a major challenge for many smokers. Now, a University at Buffalo researcher has been awarded a five-year, $2 million grant to investigate a novel therapy.
WNY groups receive $790,000 grant to improve health of residents of Buffalo’s East Side
7/8/19
Initiative will reach communities on Ferry Street or within four blocks to the north and south of the corridor, where racial health disparities are among the highest in the city.
UB medical student is chosen as NIH Medical Research Scholar
7/3/19
Esha Chebolu is a student in the Class of 2020 in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB.
UB scientist receives federal grant for “Jewels in Our Genes” follow up
6/26/19
Study seeks to identify new genes associated with breast cancer risk in African American women.
Buffalo startup advances the science of diagnosing autoimmune disease
6/26/19
Aesku.NY, a UB partner, has growing operations on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
UB musician, surgeons launch startups to solve problems in their industries
6/18/19
The entrepreneurs recently took home third-place prizes in a statewide business plan competition.
Study underscores role of menthol cigarettes in smoking cessation
6/17/19
Researchers cite Big Tobacco's marketing stronghold on African American smokers among reasons why this group is 12% less likely to quit.

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