Health and Medicine

Research conducted at the University at Buffalo has shown that consuming alcohol mostly without food is a significant risk factor for developing hypertension. The effect was present even in people with light-to-moderate alcohol intake, according to a report in the current issue of the journal Hypertension.

A bequest from the late Lois Mae Rinck is benefiting the UB School of Dental Medicine and the first dental student selected to receive the financial assistance it provides.

A new software application, developed with assistance from the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer at the University at Buffalo, promises to ease the frustration of using a mouse -- and provide greater computer access-- for people who suffer from cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury or other disabilities that make it very difficult to point and click.

University at Buffalo researchers, working with an Amherst, N.Y., startup company called Esensors have developed a unique, real-time patient dose-tracking system, which lets physicians know when the accumulated radiation dose is approaching a dangerous threshold.

Parkinson's disease may be caused by an environmental-genetic double whammy on the neurons that produce dopamine, the neurotransmitter that controls body movement, a new study by University at Buffalo researchers has shown.

Helping nursing home patients brush their teeth or dentures does more than freshen breath, increase comfort and prevent gum disease. Good oral health in institutionalized elders may help protect them from contracting potentially deadly pneumonia if they need to be hospitalized, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo.

Low testosterone production appears to be a common complication of type 2 diabetes in men, affecting 1 out of 3 diabetic patients, a new study has shown.

Underscoring the importance of educating children about alcohol use and abuse, research at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions has shown that the likelihood of alcohol abuse or dependence later in life increases by 12 percent for each year of decrease in the age at first drink for both men and women.

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a process in which cells are used to construct new blood vessels, opening the door to growing new blood vessels for procedures like coronary bypass surgery, according to a paper published online on Oct. 14 in the American Journal of Physiology -- Heart and Circulatory Physiology.

Studies using human subjects to determine a "no observable effect level" of pesticides do not meet widely accepted scientific and ethical standards for research and should not be used to set new standards, according to a scathing analysis published in the November issue of the American Journal of Public Health.