Boston University

Public Health

5-Hour Energy drink, public health risk, deaths

Nutrition

Should You Shun Energy Drinks?

December 3, 2012

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

Food

Solving the Childhood Obesity Puzzle, One Piece at a Time

November 27, 2012

Sevan Chorluyan, Bell Tower Foods grocery food truck, Boston

Wellness

SPH’s One-of-a-Kind Grocery Truck

November 26, 2012

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

Technology

Reaching Vets Falling through the Cracks

November 12, 2012

industrialized food production

Arts & Culture

Industrialized Food a Killer—and a Lifesaver

November 7, 2012

Boston University BU, engineering innovations, Muhammas Zaman Lab for Engineering Education & Development LEED, research

Public Health

Into Africa

November 5, 2012

Katia Gomez, Ben Affleck, VH1 Do Something! Awards, Educate2Envision

Global

SPH Student Wins $100,000 to Educate Honduran Youth

October 22, 2012

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, student refugee camp, humanitarian emergencies, international health, Nepal refugees

Public Health

From a Refugee Camp to BU

October 10, 2012

Boston University BU psychology professor Donna Pincus, Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety, childhood anxiety stress and stress

Public Health

When the World Is Scarier Than It Should Be

October 3, 2012

2012 William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health, Noreen Clark, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan, chronic pain management

Public Health

Pain, Percocet, and the Public’s Health

September 20, 2012

Health & Medicine

What Every Student Should Know about Backpacks

September 19, 2012

Boston University BU, Goldman School of Dental Medicine SDM, Andrew Jorgensen, SDM externship in Bethel, Toksook Bay, Alaska, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Indian Health Services

Medicine

Extreme Dentistry in a Faraway Place

September 17, 2012

DASH Diet, The DASH Diet for Weight Loss by Thomas Moore, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, weight reduction, weight loss, dieting, nutrition, healthy eating

CAMED

New Book Details DASH Diet

August 7, 2012

Dr. Fidelito Gabriel D.M.D., Forest Hills Dental General Dentistry, Hispanic Dental Association, Massachusetts Army National Guard Dental Corps

Volunteer

Good Works and Good Hope

July 26, 2012

Qsymia, Qnexa, approved by Food and Drug Administration, FDA, obesity drug, anti-obesity drug

Public Health

Will Qsymia Make You Thin?

July 20, 2012

Boston University BU School of Public Health SPH, Massachusetts Outcomes Study of Assisted Reproductive Technologies MOSART assisted reproductive technology treatments

Medicine

The Impact of Fertility Treatments on Women, Children

July 18, 2012

HIV, AIDS, Tuberculosis TB, medicine, treatment, South Africa

Research

Doing the Math Behind the World’s Biggest War on AIDS

July 16, 2012

Boston University Health, Fitness and Wellness Program, Boston FitRec@Blackstone Community Center, obesity

FitRec

Combating Boston’s Youth Obesity Problem

July 13, 2012

Universal health care, Affordable Care Act ACA, President Barak Obama, United States Supreme Court

Science & Technology

Claiming a Place in Health Care History

June 29, 2012

public health, lgbt, youth, kids, coming out

Research

Supporting Children Who Come Out Matters

June 21, 2012

Supporting Children Who Come Out Matters