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  • Placebo Effects in Caregivers May Change Behavior of Children with ADHD
    6/29/09
    Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are the accepted treatment to stem hyperactivity in children with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and improve their behavior. Now a recent review of research by University at Buffalo pediatric psychologists suggests that such medication, or the assumption of medication, may produce a placebo effect -- not in the children, but in their teachers, parents or other adults who evaluate them.
  • Buffalo is First Site in U.S. to Initiate Clinical Trial of Promising CF Drug
    6/25/09
    The Cystic Fibrosis Center located in Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, a University at Buffalo-affiliated teaching hospital, is the first site to begin recruiting patients for a 48-week international clinical trial of a promising investigational treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF).
  • UB Center of Excellence Fuels the High-Tech Funding Pipeline
    6/23/09
    The 2006 grand opening of the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences was hailed by local and university officials as a milestone in Buffalo's transformation from rust-belt city to a hub for groundbreaking life sciences research and industry.
  • UB researcher among first to receive NIH stimulus funding
    6/11/09
    A University at Buffalo addictions researcher is among the first in the country to receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) stimulus funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
  • Major Report on U.S. Tobacco Control Policies and Use Finds Stark Contrasts in Progress Among States
    6/10/09
    The United States is becoming a nation of haves and have-nots when it comes to tobacco control, according to a comprehensive publication on cigarette smoking prevalence and policies in the U.S. that was released today.
  • In NEJM Editorial, UB Cardiologist Recommends Optimal Medical Therapy, CABG, over PCI in Diabetics with Heart Disease
    6/7/09
    In an editorial in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), William E. Boden, M.D., professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the University at Buffalo, recommends that the results of the BARI-2D Trial published in that edition must be interpreted with "considerable caution."
  • Academic Software Developer Wins UB Entrepreneur Award
    6/2/09
    In 1993, John Eisner, D.D.S., Ph.D., was asked to develop software to streamline the admissions process at the University at Buffalo's School of Dental Medicine, where he was associate dean. Eisner responded to that challenge not just with a solution for UB but with a solution that other dental schools could use as well.
  • Don't mistake an athlete for a "toxic jock"
    6/1/09
    A rose by any other name is still a rose, but is an athlete by another name...a jock?
  • Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Injected into Skeletal Muscle Can Repair Heart Tissue
    5/28/09
    University at Buffalo researchers have demonstrated for the first time that injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue, reversing heart failure.
  • Pressure to Look Attractive Linked to Fear of Rejection
    5/27/09
    People who feel pressure to look attractive are more fearful of being rejected because of their appearance than are their peers, according to a new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Kent.