Individuals who display exceptional longevity provide evidence that humans can live longer, healthier lives. Centenarians (greater than 100 years of age) provide a unique lens through which to study longevity and healthy aging as they have the capacity to delay or escape aging-related diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease, while markedly avoiding […]
The failure to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia in the elderly, at an early stage of molecular pathology is considered a major reason why treatments fail in clinical trials. Previous research to molecularly diagnose Alzheimer’s disease yielded “A/T/N” central biomarkers based on the measurements of proteins, β-amyloid (“A”) and tau (“T”), […]
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, and Nick Bosch, MD, MSc, will transition from associate directors to co-directors of The Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Science (CIIS), effective Oct.1, 2024. Kathryn Fantasia, MD, will serve in the new role of education director, and Kathryn Fantasia Kayla Jones […]
Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) uses hundreds of millions, sometimes billions, of data points to train itself to produce realistic and innovative outputs that can mimic human-created content. Its applications include personalized recommendations for online shoppers, creating audio and visual content and accelerating engineering design. In healthcare, possible genAI uses include enhancing imaging technologies, predicting the […]
New continuous glucose monitoring sensors (small sensors that penetrate the skin to measure glucose levels in real time) are now hitting the wearables market for use among individuals without diabetes. Despite a lack of research showing that using these sensors improves health outcomes in individuals without diabetes, there is a growing interest among this population. […]
Diana Anderson Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, assistant professor of neurology, has received a one-year, $48,902 Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking grant from the Greenwall Foundation for her project “Improving Long-Term Care Facility Design through Bioethical Peer Review.” Anderson’s past research has shown that the built space of healthcare environments can function as a healthcare intervention, […]
The study was done by researchers at BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, BMC’s Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, and the BU Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences.
Understanding these differences can lead to better treatment strategies and improve the survival chances for patients with squamous cell carcinoma.
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Budson has been awarded a two-year, $150,000 grant with collaborator Daniel Levy, PhD, at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel, from the U.S. Israel Binational Science Foundation.
Patients also reported higher opioid use, slightly lower PT use.