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Health & Medicine

Girl with cigarette in hand

Safety

No Drinking or Smoking Until Age 21

July 10, 2015

Low-income children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could be better helped if their parents got skills counseling, MED’s Michael Silverstein says.

Pediatrics

Helping Parents Help Their ADHD Child

July 6, 2015

Student demonstrating proper treadmill use at FitRec.

Health & Medicine

Tread Attentively on That Treadmill

June 29, 2015

PerceptaTM early lung cancer detection device

Cancer

Detecting Lung Cancer Early

June 25, 2015

Amanda Alon and Aline Souza, Albert Schweitzer Fellows from Boston University

Public Health

Following in a Legendary Humanitarian’s Footsteps

June 23, 2015

Rachel Fearns, associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine

Infectious Diseases

Fighting a Deadly Virus

June 22, 2015

Urban Health

What the T Can Tell Us about Health Inequalities

June 19, 2015

Mark Kramer, associate professor of mathematical neuroscience CAS

Neuroscience

CAS Prof Wins NSF CAREER Award

June 18, 2015

A study led by SPH researchers found that consuming less than two servings of caffeinated coffee, black tea, or herbal/green tea a day early in pregnancy led to a slightly higher risk of having a miscarriage.

Health & Medicine

Caffeine and Pregnancy

June 16, 2015

Howard Eichenbaum of the Center for Memory and Brain in his office and lab

University News

CAS’s Eichenbaum Joins Ranks of Washington, Franklin, and Emerson

May 28, 2015

Stine Grodal, assistant professor of strategy and innovation at Boston University Questrom School of Business

Business & Social Sciences

The Curious Case of the Light Cigarette

May 26, 2015

Monica Bharel

Public Health

Getting to a Place Where Zip Codes Don’t Matter

May 20, 2015

Sarah Hokanson, the new director of BU’s Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs office, wants to help the University’s postdocs launch successful careers.

Postdoctoral Affairs

Helping Postdocs Take Charge of Their Lives

May 4, 2015

New York Times colmnist, Nicholas Kristof speaks at Tsai Auditorium on Thursday, April 30, 2015

Public Health

NYT’s Kristof: Changing Lives through Early Intervention

May 4, 2015

On April 25, 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing thousands. This view shows Kathmandu’s Durbar Square before and after the earthquake, from opposite sides of the plaza.

Global Health

Picking Up the Pieces

May 1, 2015

Inna Afasizheva, assistant professor, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Biology

RNA Rising

April 30, 2015

Lucy Hutyra, Conor Gately, and Ian Sue Wing, from the GRS department of earth and environment, developed a new way to measure CO2 emissions from cars. The new system, called DARTE, could help cities combat climate change. Photo by Michael D. Spencer

Climate Change

A New Map for Greenhouse Gas

April 21, 2015

Darrel Kotton, Andrew Wilson, and Finn Hawkins in the Center for Regenerative Medicine's Kotton-Wilson-Ikonomou lab

Biology

Cracking the NIH Code

April 21, 2015

Public Health

POV: Insurers Should Cover Antiobesity Drugs

April 15, 2015

Kristi Lewton, assistant professor in the anatomy and neurobiology department at BU School of Medicine. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Anatomy

In Defense of Wide Hips

April 15, 2015

In Defense of Wide Hips