Health and Medicine

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  • UB Professor Played Key Role in Developing Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing and Treating Blood Clots
    2/24/12
    A University at Buffalo faculty member has played an important role in the development of new, national guidelines for the prevention and treatment of blood clots (deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolisms) that have been published by the American College of Chest Physicians.
  • To Address Shortage of Medical Lab Workers in New York State, UB Partners with ASCP and CGI
    2/23/12
    The University at Buffalo is partnering with the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) for a Commitment to Action through the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) that will create more medical laboratory job opportunities in New York State by expanding educational access to laboratory science programs. The goal is to increase the number of graduating laboratory professionals in New York by 10 percent during the five-year project.
  • Not Your Father's Pharmacist: Reducing Health Costs and Improving Patients' Lives, UB Program Takes Pharmacy to the Next Level
    2/17/12
    Melissa Apa gets a lower-than-expected blood sugar report back from the lab and immediately contacts her newly diagnosed diabetic patient. She wants to be sure her patient isn't experiencing dangerously low episodes of hypoglycemia.
  • Nasty "Superbug" is Being Studied by UB Researchers
    2/17/12
    University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S.
  • Should Heparin be used in Cancer Treatment? UB researcher co-authors NEJM editorial
    2/16/12
    In an editorial published Feb. 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from the University at Buffalo and McMaster University suggest conclusive answers to key questions on the benefits of low molecular weight heparin for cancer patients remain elusive -- despite promising results from large studies.
  • UB's Beth Tauke Takes Top Housing Industry Prize for Home for Baby Boomers
    2/10/12
    A concept home designed with the help of Beth Tauke, associate professor of architecture in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has received a coveted 2012 Best of 50+ Housing Award from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Council for a home that meets the physical needs and lifestyle of baby boomers.
  • What's Causing "Conversion Disorder" in LeRoy?
    2/9/12
    In the following Q&A, David G. Lichter, MD, professor of neurology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and an expert in movement disorders, including Tourette's Syndrome and other tic disorders, discusses the emergence of conversion disorder in high school girls in LeRoy, New York and what might be causing it. He has been interviewed on the topic by numerous local and national media.
  • UB Nursing Gets Green Light for Online RN-BS Program
    2/9/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing has received approval by the State Education Department and the State University of New York to reinstate its 12-month online RN-BS program.
  • Parkinson's Disease: Study of Live Human Neurons Reveals the Disease's Genetic Origins, New Drug Targets
    2/7/12
    Parkinson's disease researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease, which afflicts at least 500,000 Americans and for which there is no cure.
  • UB's New Medical Research Building Will Benefit Patients and the Region
    2/2/12
    The stage is set for some important medical advances at the University at Buffalo's Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC). The new UB facility will be housed in the top four floors of the new $291 million joint UB-Kaleida Health building now under construction at Goodrich and Ellicott streets on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.