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  • UB Med Students Take Good Nutrition to Heart, Establish Campus Vegetable Garden
    4/23/10
    A quarter-acre vegetable garden is taking shape at the University at Buffalo, pioneered by a group of medical students who are putting into practice one of the axioms of the modern Hippocratic Oath: "I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure."
  • Vitamin D Status Not Predicted By Surrogate Markers, UB Researchers Find
    4/20/10
    Vitamin supplements, diet, geographic location, demographic information or lifestyle, independently or in combination, cannot accurately predict vitamin D concentrations in blood, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found.
  • New York State Approves New Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program At UB
    4/14/10
    The University at Buffalo has obtained New York State Department of Education approval to offer its Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. The new academic program is a joint effort between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • Tuskegee Study has Little Effect on Blacks' Willingness to be Study Volunteers, Survey Shows
    4/12/10
    The infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study has little effect today on the willingness of blacks to take part in medical research studies, researchers involved in a three-city survey conducted as part of the Tuskegee Legacy Project have found.
  • UB Researchers Harness Basic Survival Tactic to Fight Childhood Obesity
    4/8/10
    University at Buffalo researchers are adapting our innate interest in consuming a variety of foods, considered an evolutionary survival tactic, to develop new interventions to treat obesity in children.
  • Federal Designation Gives UB Program New Role in Improving Patient Safety
    4/1/10
    The Medication Management Research Network at the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences has a new role in helping to improve patient safety in Western New York, as a result of its recent designation by the federal government as a Patient Safety Organization.
  • Flavonoids in Orange Juice Suppress Oxidative Stress from High-Fat, High-Carb Meal
    3/30/10
    Eating foods containing flavonoids -- orange juice, in this case -- along with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast-food meal neutralizes the oxidative and inflammatory stress generated by the unhealthy food and helps prevent blood vessel damage, a new study by University at Buffalo endocrinologists shows.
  • 'Healthy Living' Program for Native American Youth Developed by UB Social Work Researcher
    3/25/10
    A University at Buffalo School of Social Work researcher has developed and tested a "wellness curriculum" designed to improve the health of Native American urban youth shown to be at higher risk to develop health problems, including cancer.
  • UB's School of Nursing Celebrates New Home and Ongoing Commitment to 21st Century Nursing Education
    3/16/10
    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing welcomed guests to its new home at a grand opening reception today that included tours of its new clinical facilities in Wende Hall on UB's South Campus.
  • Blacks Have Highest Cancer Rates of All Racial Ethnicities, Yet Feel Less at Risk, Study Finds
    3/15/10
    Mammograms, pap smears and early detection tests for prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and other malignancies are critical for catching cancer before it becomes deadly. However, a new study by University at Buffalo researchers shows that persons of different ethnic groups have different ideas and opinions about whether they are at risk for developing cancer -- perceptions that can influence whether they undergo screening.