Researchers affiliated with Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that risk factors for post-traumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/Operational Iraqi Freedom (OIF) male veterans were relatively similar to what was observed in a prior group of Vietnam veterans. The findings, which currently appear online in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, […]
Pictures of the interior of the student residence at 815 Albany Street are now available! (see below) Milestones this week include: completion of precast work on the lower floors of the building; second floor stairwell is 70 percent complete, duct work has been roughed-in on the second, third and fourth floors; the sprinkler system has […]
By the close of business Friday, July 22, there will be many visible changes in and around the BUSM Instructional Building lobby renovation construction site. Flooring and wall paneling installation will be complete, cement will be poured for the steps, and installation of the ceiling in the lobby area and work on the vestibule including […]
Testosterone deficiency (TD), often referred to as hypogonadism, is associated with aging and affects approximately 30 percent of men ages 40-79. To highlight some of the challenges and controversies encountered in diagnosis and treatment of men with TD, the authors of a review article in the American Journal of Medicine introduced a clinical vignette to […]
The Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the U.S. has selected BUSM’s Department of Anesthesiology to produce digital educational materials related to the diagnosis and treatment of malignant hyperthermia (MH), a potentially fatal condition. MH is a genetic condition that occurs when a patient is given certain types of anesthetics resulting in dangerously high body temperatures that […]
Lobby renovations are moving quickly in the BUSM Instructional Building, also known as the L-building. Please note that pedestrian traffic has been completely re-routed around the old entrance. The exterior of the lobby has undergone significant changes. The form and brace for the cheek wall, a cement wall which serves as a decorative retaining wall, […]
Researchers at BUSM have brought attention to the potential health impacts for Korean and Korean-American women and their infants from consuming brown seaweed soup. Seaweed is a known source of dietary iodine, particularly in Korea; however, there is no scientific data on the iodine content in Korean seaweed soup. Written as a Letter to the […]
Kenneth Walsh, PhD, FAHA, the Aram V. Chobanian Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been named a 2011 American Heart Association (AHA) Distinguished Scientist. The AHA designated only five Distinguished Scientists for 2011. The AHA created a Distinguished Scientist designation in 2003 […]
As you walk down Albany Street check out the progress on the new student residence. It’s hard to miss the new exterior being installed over the steel frame. This gallery of pictures represents a glimpse of the work currently underway. The material being installed is called precast. Precast is cement-based. It is part of the […]
BUSM’s Professor Sharon Levine, who also serves as associate dean of Academic Affairs, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine. She becomes the subspecialty board’s representative to ABIM’s Board of Directors. Levine has been a member of the Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine since 2007. […]