Boston University

Health & Medicine

Framingham Heart Study, FHS, Jackson Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, University of Mississippi, American Heart Association, AHA

Research

$30 Million from AHA Bolsters Framingham Heart Study

December 9, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, alcohol research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, popular music

Alcohol

Alcohol Companies Marketing with Music Lyrics

December 5, 2013

Richard Saitz, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM, MED, addiction research, evidence based medicine, SBIRT, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment, CCM, chronic care management

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 5: Bringing Scientific Rigor to Addiction Research

November 22, 2013

Boston University BU, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention International Survivors of Suicide Day, mental health, Conference on Mental Health, Active Minds,

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Need to Talk More about Suicide

November 21, 2013

Marlene Oscar Berman, Susan Mosher Ruiz, Boston University School of Medicine, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, alcoholism effects on the human brain, how alcohol effects the brain, alcoholism and gender

Neuroscience

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 4: Why Alcoholics’ Gender Matters

November 21, 2013

Tibor Palfai, professor of psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, alcohol triggers, what makes people drink alcohol, why do people drink alcohol, addiction research, alcoholism research

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 3: The Search for the Alcohol Trigger

November 20, 2013

Kathleen Kantak, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Attention Deficit Disorder medication, ADD, ADHD, cocaine addiction, cocaine use

Drugs

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?

November 19, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Faculty

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

Food and Drug Administration FDA, trans fats ban

Health & Medicine

POV: Banning Trans Fats Is Just the Beginning

November 15, 2013

United States military, US military, veterans, war veterans, health issues

Health & Medicine

Helping Veterans with Unseen Injuries

November 11, 2013

leishmaniasis, Scott Schaus, associate professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, associate professor of pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Lauren Brown, research assistant professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Global

BU Researchers Work against Deadly, Disfiguring Disease

November 7, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, Nancy Brady, Ebola, Kibaale District of Uganda

Global

Lessons from a Hot Zone

November 7, 2013

Aerial Dance Silk Skills class, Boston University, BU, FitRec, Fitness and Recreation Center

Classes

Flying through the Air with the Greatest of Ease

November 7, 2013

Michael Holick, Director, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, Vitamin D Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston Medical Center, Bone Health Care Clinic, 2013 University Lecturer

Health & Medicine

Vitamin D Guru to Deliver University Lecture Tonight

November 6, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, New England Infectious Disease Laboratory NEIDL, contagious diseases clearance, tuberculosis research, Boston Public Health Commission, Institutional Biosafety Committee ISB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NEIDL

Higher-Level TB Research to Begin at NEIDL

October 31, 2013

Sex in the Dark, Glow-in-the-Dark Sexpert Panel, sex on college campus, sex on campus, sex and college students

Sex

Let’s Talk about Sex, in the Dark

October 29, 2013

Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Boston Medical Center BMC, School of Public Health SPH, Health & Disability Research Institute director Alan Jette, Family medicine chair Brian Jack, Institute of Medicine IOM

Medicine

Two BU Profs Inducted into Institute of Medicine

October 23, 2013

Paul Campos, The Obesity Myth: Why America’s Obsession with Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health book, professor of law, University of Colorado at Boulder

Nutrition

Focusing on Weight May Be Hazardous to Your Health

October 22, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health, research, professor Jonathan Levy, airport airplane pollution, heart disease

Health & Medicine

Living Near an Airport Could be Bad for Your Heart

October 21, 2013

PharmaCheck, contaminated drug detector, counterfeit drug detector, drug quality detector, drug purity detector

Health & Medicine

ENG Counterfeit Drug Screener Promises to Save Lives

October 21, 2013

ENG Counterfeit Drug Screener Promises to Save Lives