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Because of their expertise and reputations, members of the UB faculty and staff are sought out by reporters who quote them in print, broadcast and online publications around the world. Here is a sampling of recent media coverage in which UB is mentioned prominently.
"Ideally, doctors should be screening patients for these things up front, before prescribing the drugs...Overall, I think some type of warning is a good idea, and it does lead to more in-depth discussions between doctors and families. However, it would be helpful to know what the exact risk is so we could provide patients with some meaningful numbers instead of just theoretical concerns."
James Waxmonsky, assistant professor of psychiatry, in an article in The New York Times on patients frantically calling their doctors after a government advisory panel's recommendation that ADHD drugs carry a prominent warning about heart risks. The article also quotes Bill Pelham, professor of psychology, who said: "As it is, most parents don't even hear about the alternatives to medication."
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"The amount or extent of lobbying depends on the favors and the subsidies and the taxes and the regulations that the U.S. government can pass. And the bigger the government has got and the more activities it's gotten engaged in, the more the lobbying has done."
Michael Rozeff, professor of financial planning and control, in an article on Voice of America on foreign entities that are using lobbying to affect U.S. policy.
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"It isn't just about religion. It's about an attack on what has become an increasingly odious ideology that's running this country. Bush is born-again. He says it all the time."
Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, in an article in the Hartford Courant on blasphemy and the violent Muslim outrage in the Middle East and Europe over a cartoon of Mohammed, who says she believes it's no coincidence that so-called blasphemy seems to be more prevalent.
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