UB in the News

An article distributed by Reuters about health care reform opponents using fear tactics to prevent adoption of reform measures quotes Steven Hoffman, assistant professor of sociology.

An article distributed by Premium Health News Service about how our partner's medical conditions affects our own quotes Gregory Homish, assistant professor of health behavior, who said everyone who is in a relationship should be aware that they're making some physically relevant decisions based on their partner's influence. The article appeared in news outlets that include the Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant and Orlando Sentinel.

An article distributed by Premium Health News Service reports on the impact our romantic partners have on our lives, and quotes Gregory Homish, assistant professor of health behavior. The article appears on KRCW-TV in Oregon.

An article distributed by Reuters Health reports that non-obese women will get tired of having the same snack food day after day, but the same doesn't appear to be true for women who are obese, according to research conducted by Jennifer Temple, assistant professor of exercise and nutrition science.

An article in the Greenwich Time about treatments and remedies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome quotes Jeffrey Lackner, director of the Behavioral Medicine Clinic in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

An article in Forbes about the different ways that men and women lie quotes Mark Frank, associate professor of communication, who says that "feminine wiles" are small, deceptions necessary for procreation and social survival, and not deliberate, misleading lies. "In some environments, lying is socially essential," he says.

An article in Newsweek reports on research by Steven Hoffman, visiting assistant professor of sociology, that shows that some people form and cling to false beliefs about health care reform and other issues despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary thanks to a mental phenomenon called motivated reasoning.

An article in the New York Examiner on health care reform myths reports research conducted by Steven Hoffman, visiting assistant professor of sociology, shows that rather than search for information that confirms or disconfirms a particular belief, people actually seek out information that confirms what they already believe. Hoffman's research also was the subject of an article distributed by UPI.

An article in Newsweek about the obesity epidemic reports that a study by Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, assistant professor of pediatrics, and her colleagues found that overweight kids consume significantly more calories when they chow down with friends who are also overweight than when they eat with lean friends.

An article in the Allentown Morning Call about the increasing number of people receiving help through the state gambling hotline following the opening of a casino nearby reports that the data seem to support UB research that suggests that people who live within 10 miles of a casino face 90 percent greater odds of struggling with gambling.