Boston University

Health & Medicine

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, nutrition, vitamins versus foods, benefits risks taking vitamin mineral supplements

Nutrition

Vitamin Supplements: To Take or Not to Take

December 19, 2012

mercury contaminated fish, Effects of eating fish while pregnant, Attention Defecit Disorder in children, Sharon Sagiv, Boston University School of Public Health, Susan Korrick, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Research

Pros and Cons of Eating Fish While Pregnant

December 14, 2012

Willpath mobile smartphone app, healthy eating lifestyle, Daniel Imler, Boston University School of Public Health SPH

Food

Wealth from Willpath

December 14, 2012

Boston University BU, Student Health Services, cold flu, antibiotics no effect on viral infection, increase incidence antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection

Medicine

Cold or Flu? Don’t Ask for Antibiotics

December 13, 2012

bike safety gear, cycling accessories

Cycling

Bike-Safety Gear: See, Be Seen, and Heard

December 12, 2012

Boston University BU, stress reduction finals week, dog therapy, yoga, center for student services, study tips

Health & Medicine

Taking the Stress Out of Finals

December 12, 2012

Boston University BU, School of Management SMG associate professor Dean Research Fellow marketing Barbara Bickart, advice avoid mistakes shopping season, holiday shopping

Health & Medicine

Shopping Smart for the Holidays

December 11, 2012

Puppy Love relationship advice, dating advice, love advice, sex advice

Relationships

Puppy Love: The Final Countdown

December 10, 2012

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, Eugene Lee, home care visit geriatric patients Boston, public health

Health & Medicine

House Calls and a Higher Purpose

December 4, 2012

Boston University BU, engineering, synthetic biology, James Collins, Doug Densmore, mechanical engineering, microbiotic robots, BU Center for Biodynamics, Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Engineering

Life Is Suite

December 3, 2012

5-Hour Energy drink, public health risk, deaths

Wellness

Should You Shun Energy Drinks?

December 3, 2012

Asperger’s Are Us sketch comedy troupe, Ethan Finlan, New-Michael Ingemi, Jack Hanke, Noah Britton

Health & Medicine

Asperger’s Are Us

November 30, 2012

Julie Palmer, Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), Slone Epidemiology Center, Obesity in Black African American Women

Exercise

Exploring the Causes of Black Women’s Obesity

November 29, 2012

Bystander training, Boston University Sexual Assault Response & Prevention Center SARP

University News

Choosing to Do Something

November 28, 2012

Boston University BU obesity research, brown fat, Boston Medical Center, BMC nutrition and weight management center, Caroline Apovian Megan Ruth research

Health & Medicine

The Cure for Obesity: Fat?

November 28, 2012

Boston University BU, Daniel Miller research childhood obesity, socioeconomic contributors, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and Adolecense

In the City

Solving the Childhood Obesity Puzzle, One Piece at a Time

November 27, 2012

Susan K. Fried, Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center, body shape fat distribution, apple shape, pear shape

Research

Deciphering the Body’s Healthy Message

November 26, 2012

Sevan Chorluyan, Bell Tower Foods grocery food truck, Boston

In the City

SPH’s One-of-a-Kind Grocery Truck

November 26, 2012

International Survivors of Suicide Day, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Faculty

For Suicide Survivors, Sharing Heals

November 13, 2012

post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD in soldiers, U.S. Armed Forces, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines

Science & Technology

Reaching Vets Falling through the Cracks

November 12, 2012

Reaching Vets Falling through the Cracks