Author: Lisa Brown

Researchers Identify Phthalates in Numerous Medicines and Supplements

Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC), in collaboration with Harvard School of Public Health, have found numerous prescription and over-the-counter drugs and supplements use certain chemicals called phthalates as inactive ingredients in their products. The findings appear on-line in Environmental Health Perspective. Phthalates such as dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diethyl phthalate (DEP) are […]

GSDM’s Asian Dental Student Organization Gives Thanks with Area Youth Organization

On behalf of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO), three DMD students, Tam Nguyen DMD ‘13, Andrew Pham DMD ‘15, and Jason Pan DMD ‘14, helped celebrate Thanksgiving with youth members of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC).The event, held prior to Thanksgiving Day on November 22, attracted about 35 youth members between the ages of 11 and 17, and ten other volunteers.

BU Alzheimer's Research Team Receives Donation from Senior Living Residences

Senior Living Residences (SLR) Compass Memory Support team presented Robert Stern, PhD, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical & Research Program and ADC Clinical Core with a check supporting BU’s clinical research. “We are delighted that the Compass communities are continuing to fundraise on our behalf. This provides tremendous support for our research and is […]

Two BUSchool of Medicine Faculty to be Named to Professorships Nov. 29

Two BU School of Medicine faculty members will be named to professorships: Barbara E. Corkey, PhD as the Zoltan Kohn Professor in Medicine and Avrum Spira, MD, MSc as the Alexander Graham Bell Professor in Health Care Entrepreneurship. The installation will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 3:30 p.m. in the 670 Albany Street, […]

BU School of Medicine Researchers Find Increased Risk of Stroke, Death in Hospitalized Patients with Severe Sepsis and New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation

A recent study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows an increased risk of stroke and mortality among patients diagnosed with severe sepsis and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) during hospitalization. Allan J. Walkey, MD, assistant professor of medicine at BUSM and a pulmonologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), is the lead […]

SPH Contributes to Groundbreaking Global Study: Treating developing world children with pneumonia at home

Pneumonia—dubbed “the forgotten killer of children” by UNICEF—is the leading cause of death worldwide for children under five years old. A breakthrough study by researchers from Boston University, Save the Children, and the World Health Organization (WHO), published online Friday in the British medical journal The Lancet, has found that allowing community health workers to […]