Health and Medicine

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  • Lyme Disease Expert to Lecture at UB's Health Sciences Library
    4/30/08
    John J. Halperin, M.D., world-renowned authority on Lyme disease, will deliver the 17th annual C.K. Huang Lecture, "Lyme Disease: Facts and Myths," at 7 p.m. May 16 in the Austin Flint Reading Room of the University at Buffalo Health Sciences Library in Abbott Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Study Describes Mechanism Linking Alcohol with Risk of Breast Cancer
    4/30/08
    The known association of alcohol consumption with an increased risk of breast cancer has been linked by researchers at the University at Buffalo to a process that causes genes that promote normal cell growth to produce proteins that precipitate unregulated cell growth, an action known as hypermethylation.
  • Best-Selling Author, Buffalo Native, Is Spring Clinical Day Speaker
    4/29/08
    Buffalo native Michael F. Roizen, M.D., best-selling author, cohost of "Discovery Health," cofounder of RealAge, Inc., and chairman of its scientific advisory board, will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Spring Clinical Day sponsored by the University at Buffalo Medical Alumni Association on May 3.
  • Advanced MRI Studies Provide New Insight on Early Parkinson's Disease
    4/17/08
    Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain affecting movement, speech, mood, behavior, thinking and sensation for which there is no known cause or cure. Two studies from the University at Buffalo being presented at the 2008 American Academy of Neurology meeting in Chicago shed new light on very early development of the disease.
  • Common Plant Component Shows Potential as MS Treatment
    4/17/08
    Plant sterols, known to help reduce high cholesterol, also may be effective in treating the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS), novel research by University at Buffalo investigators has shown.
  • Gender Associated with Tourette Syndrome Severity
    4/17/08
    Tourette syndrome(TS), which in childhood is more severe in boys than girls, appears in adulthood to be more severe in women than men, a study by a University at Buffalo neurologist has shown.
  • Medcotek Licenses UB Teleradiology Technology
    4/9/08
    Local company Medcotek, Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with the University at Buffalo for use of a new technology that will advance the company's entry into the lucrative teleradiology market.
  • MS Affects Different Brain Regions in Men and Women, UB Study Shows
    4/4/08
    A new multiple sclerosis study conducted by University at Buffalo neurologists has shown that in addition to affecting women two-to-three times more than men, multiple sclerosis damages different regions of the brain in men and women.
  • "Swish and Spit" Test Can Provide Early Evidence of Oral Cancer
    4/4/08
    Epithelial cells of the mouth collected by a simple "swish and spit" method can be used to detect potential early evidence of oral cancer, a preliminary study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute has shown.
  • Antibacterial Toothpaste and Tongue Scraping Eliminate Halitosis
    4/4/08
    A study conducted by dental researchers at the University at Buffalo has confirmed that brushing twice a day with toothpaste containing a bactericide and using a toothbrush with a tongue cleaner can eliminate halitosis, easing social strain and protecting teeth and gums in the process.