Health and Medicine

News about UB’s health sciences programs and related community outreach. (see all topics)

Meet an Expert
  • Ciancio Receives International Dental Research Award
    4/17/03
    Sebastian Ciancio, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has received the 2003 Pharmacology, Therapeutics & Toxicology Research Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).
  • Effect of Strenuous Physical Activity on Teen's Sexual Risk-Taking Differs Based on Gender, Race and Type of Activity
    4/15/03
    Gender, race and type of strenuous physical activity -- whether on an organized sports team or informal physical exercise -- play a role in the relationship between physical activity and sexual risk-taking by teen-agers, according to a study led by a researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions
  • Body Temperature May Be Regulated by Neural Connection between the Retina and the "Body Clock," UB Scientists Find
    4/13/03
    Scientists from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are helping to reveal the mysteries of the mammalian biological clock, the grouping of cells in the brain that regulates the basic physiological functions known as circadian rhythms.
  • Female Runners Eating a Low-Fat Diet may Increase Risk of Injury, Limit Energy Supplies, UB Study Suggests
    4/12/03
    Competitive female runners who eat a low-fat diet place themselves at increased risk of suffering injuries, a team of researchers from the University at Buffalo has found.
  • Study Proposes Interferon Beta-1A May Lessen Brain Atrophy in MS Patients by Minimizing Effects of Toxic Iron Deposits
    4/10/03
    Specialists in neuroimaging at the University at Buffalo have proposed a mechanism by which interferon beta-1a may limit brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
  • Brain Atrophy, Lesions Found in Type 1 Diabetics; May Indicate Cognitive Impairment in Diabetics Begins Early
    4/7/03
    Cerebral atrophy is common in young persons with juvenile-onset diabetes, and there is evidence that small blood vessels within the brain's white matter are damaged in these patients, neurologists at the University at Buffalo and the University of Western Ontario have found.
  • UB Students to 'Explore Mars' in Utah
    4/3/03
    University at Buffalo doctoral student Brent Garry has always wanted to go to Mars, but for now he'll settle for Utah. For the next 10 days, he and Abby Semple, another UB doctoral student, will be part of a small team that is simulating the living and working conditions on Mars by donning space suits, exploring the geology of the very "Mars-like" canyons of Utah.
  • Gray Matter Structure Shrinks in Brains of MS Patients, UB Neuroimaging Scientists Find
    3/28/03
    A brain structure called the caudate nucleus, which plays an important role in cognition, emotions, mood, and motor function, may shrink by nearly 20 percent in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers from the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • Gene Responsible for Mammalian Tooth Root Formation Identified
    3/25/03
    University at Buffalo scientists have identified a gene responsible for initiating the normal development of tooth roots in mammals.
  • Hutson Receives NYSTAR Faculty Development Grant
    3/21/03
    Alan D. Hutson, associate professor and chief of the Division of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded a Faculty Development grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) in recognition of academic excellence in the field of bioinformatics.