Health and Medicine

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  • National 'Take-Back' Day Will Help Keep Harmful Pharmaceuticals Out of Great Lakes, UB Expert Says
    4/24/12
    'Take-back' initiatives such as the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 28, can help keep harmful pharmaceuticals out of waterways including the Great Lakes, says University at Buffalo expert Helen Domske.
  • Kids Get More Active When Given More Toy Choices, Studies Show
    4/20/12
    In an age when even preschoolers have electronic toys and devices, many parents wonder how to get their children to be more physically active. Now, two studies published by University at Buffalo researchers provide some answers.
  • Christopher A. Lipinski Chosen for First David Chu Lectureship
    4/17/12
    Christopher A. Lipinski, an internationally renowned scientist in the field of drug discovery, on April 10 presented the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences' inaugural David Chu Lecture.
  • Effort to Remotely Control Brain Cells Gets Push from Innovative Grant
    4/16/12
    Scientists developing a non-invasive technique for remotely controlling the brain have received $1.2 million from the Human Frontier Science Program to intensify their work.
  • Better Care for Some Elderly Patients Means Less Intervention, Says UB Geriatrics Specialist
    4/13/12
    To provide elderly, hospitalized patients with the best care possible, the medical community needs to reevaluate its reliance on medical technologies, says Bruce J. Naughton, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo and a specialist in geriatrics, which deals specifically with the problems of aging.
  • Do Dental X-rays Cause Brain Tumors? UB Experts Available to Discuss
    4/12/12
    Experts from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine are available to discuss the recent study conducted by researchers at Yale School of Medicine that finds that regardless of age, those who had "bitewing" dental x-rays yearly or more frequently were at 40 - 90 percent higher risk to be diagnosed with a brain tumor.
  • 'Diversity in Disability' Symposium Brings Renowned Advocates to UB
    4/12/12
    Ari Ne'eman, founding president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, will be among speakers at "Diversity in Disability," a University at Buffalo symposium on the role that disability plays in diversity and the formulation of identity.
  • In Environmental Disasters, Families Respond With Conflict, Denial, Silence
    4/9/12
    Environmental disasters impact individuals and communities; they also affect how family members communicate with each other, sometimes in surprising ways, according to a paper published by a faculty member at the University at Buffalo in the Journal of Family Issues.
  • From Hand-Washing Hygiene to Radiation Disasters, UB Researchers Mark National Public Health Week
    3/28/12
    National Public Health Week, April 2-6, will be observed by the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions with two seminars that are free and open to the public.
  • New Study of Employee Substance Use Shows the Need for Supervisor Training
    3/27/12
    To curb employees' on-the-job substance use and intoxication, bosses need to do more than just be around their employees all day, according to a new study from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA).