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Medicine

Boston University BU, student life, meditation

Neuroscience

Meditation Offers Lasting Peace

September 6, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, human genome inflammatory system research, protein-binding microarrays, assistant professor of biology Trevor Siggers

Research

Setting the Stage for Smarter Drugs

August 6, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR nutrition rehabilitation college, professor chair of health sciences interim dean Kathleen Moran

Schools and Colleges

Interim Dean Named for SAR

August 5, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine MED, Philip A Wolf, Framingham Heart Study research budget cut

Medicine

Framingham Heart Study Carries on, Despite Budget Cuts

August 1, 2013

Boston University BU, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine SDM, associate professor director of biomaterials Russel Giordano, dental restoration, Blocks of Enamic hybrid material

Science & Technology

Building a Better Tooth

July 29, 2013

American Medical Association AMA decision, obesity, disease, medical condition, overweight, fat

Medicine

Is Obesity a Disease?

June 20, 2013

Ashish Premkumar, OB/GYN, women's health in refugee camps, Lebanon, Zambia

Public Health

An Unconventional OB/GYN

June 6, 2013

Ruha Benjamin author, People's Science Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier book, assistant professor of sociology and African American studies, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Science & Technology

CAS Prof’s Book Explores Social Impact of Stem Cell Research

May 31, 2013

Boston University BU, Deborah Vaughan, Metcalf Cup and Prize winner, commencement

Health & Medicine

Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner: MED’s Deborah Vaughan

May 14, 2013

Boston University BU, Max Wallack, Alzheimers research prevention, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry in Aging, BU Alzheimers Disease Center, nonprofit Puzzles to Remember, Wendy Qui

Health & Medicine

A 16-Year-Old Takes On a Disease of the Elderly

April 30, 2013

Caroline Apovian, Boston Medical Center Obesity Research Center, The Overnight Diet: The Proven Plan for Fast, Permanent Weight Loss book

Medicine

MED Prof’s Overnight Diet: “Fast, Permanent” Weight Loss

April 26, 2013

Dean Karen Antman, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM MED BUMC, 2013 Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award for Promotion of Women in Cancer Medicine and Cancer Research

Women's Interest

Advocating for Women Scientists

April 18, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, global cause children childhood death worldwide, pneumonia, diarrhea

BUSM

Keeping Two Million Children from Dying Each Year

April 12, 2013

gay same-sex parenting family research, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Benjamin Siegel

Science & Technology

Gay Parents As Good As Straight Ones

April 11, 2013

Boston University BU, BU School of Medicine MED, BU School of Public Health SPH, moderate alcohol consumption risks, American Journal of Public Health, Timothy Naimi research

Medicine

A Drink a Day Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says

April 8, 2013

Boston University Medical Campus BUMC, School of Public Health SPH, School of Medicine MED, School of Dental Medicine SDM

Medicine

Medical Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

March 25, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Matthias Schneider assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Biological Physics Lab, synthetic blood clotting process research, MIT collaboration, polymers and colloids assemblage

Research

Emulating Nature’s Patch Kit

March 19, 2013

Boston University BU, Health Journalism 2013, Association of Health Care Journalists AHCJ, Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism Conference, Boston Medical Center, BMC Solomont Center, Preventive Food Pantry, BU Center for Regenerative Medicine, Jim Collins, Darrell Kotton, Muhammad Zaman, Center for Neurorehabilitation, Sharon Levine, Theresa Ellis, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Medicine

BU Researchers, Nation’s Health Journalists Confer

March 14, 2013

Boston University BU, Beverly A. Brown professorship, trustee Richard Shipley 4 million dollar gift, Campaign for BU, Office of Technology Development

Science & Technology

Trustee Richard Shipley’s Gift Creates Beverly Brown Professorship

March 5, 2013

Boston University BU, breastfeeding health and economic benefits, sexualization breastfeeding

Medicine

Why Media Depiction of Breasts Gets Failing Grade

February 21, 2013

Why Media Depiction of Breasts Gets Failing Grade