Health and Medicine

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

Adolescent abortion-fund patients face more barriers than adults
8/7/18
Adolescents who received funding to help pay for an abortion experienced greater hardships that affected abortion access compared to adult abortion-fund patients, according to a new UB study.
Got the ‘drunchies’? New study shows how heavy drinking affects diet
8/7/18
After seeing an ad in a campus newspaper promoting unhealthy late-night foods, researchers decided to look at a sample of college students to better understand how drinking affects what they eat.
UB expert named to Gov. Cuomo's working group on regulating marijuana in New York State
8/3/18
R. Lorraine Collins is member of 20-person team tasked with drafting legislation on how to regulate marijuana use in New York State.
Nine out of 10 people caring for a family member with dementia don’t get enough sleep
8/1/18
More than 90 percent of people caring for a family member with dementia experience poor sleep, according to new research by the University at Buffalo School of Nursing.
UB research suggests how stimulant treatments for ADHD work
7/27/18
Findings could help improve treatments and reduce side effects.
Bats harbor a gene swiped from an ancient Ebola-like virus. Here’s how they may be using it
7/24/18
Study suggests that a gene encoding a viral protein has been carefully preserved in Myotis bats for millions of years.
Dietz is new chair of UB Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
7/23/18
His research on individual susceptibility to drug abuse has led to a better understanding of how brain “rewiring” leads to relapse.
New drug target for remyelination in MS is identified by UB researchers
7/16/18
University at Buffalo researchers have found that a receptor called muscarinic type 3 (M3R), a key regulator of the remyelination process, is a promising drug target for MS.
Intimate partner violence doesn’t end with the relationship
7/11/18
The effects of intimate partner violence are profound, painfully enduring and should command as much attention as providing victims with the help necessary to leave violent relationships, according to a new UB study.
Prominent philosopher to discuss the nature of addiction at three-day UB conference
7/10/18
The nation’s leading philosopher of psychiatry will deliver a keynote address on the nature of addiction at this year’s Romanell Conference, presented by UB's Department of Philosophy.

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