Who says it’s a man’s world? A paper principally authored by a BU researcher says that men who use certain drugs to battle baldness or reduce enlarged prostates may torpedo their sex lives in the bargain. The drugs are finasteride (made by Merck and sold generically as Proscar and Propecia) and dutasteride (made by GlaxoSmithKline […]
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from a consortium led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Miami identified four new genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Each gene individually adds to the risk of having this common form of dementia later in life. […]
March has been a busy month for the construction of the student residence at 815 Albany Street on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). Early March was spent constructing the forms for the foundation, setting the wall footings in place, and constructing the sewer injector pit. During the middle of March concrete began to be […]
Alex To, MD ’91 recently came to BUSM at the request of N. Stephen Ober, MD ‘86, program director for the MD-MBA program at BU, to share with current MED students some of his experiences as a physician in the world of finance and to talk about, “Off the Well Trodden Path: Unconventional Careers for […]
Adam Rose, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of medicine at BUSM, has accepted the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) New England Region 2011 Clinician Investigator Award for his contributions to quality of care research. The award was presented to Rose at the Society’s New England Regional Meeting on March 4, 2011. SGIM works to […]
Daniel Remick, MD, chair and professor of pathology at BUSM and chief of pathology at BMC, was elected by his peers to the Council of the American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP). As a new councilor-at-large, Remick will have voting privileges on the Council, which is the ASIP governing board. The ASIP is a society […]
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has awarded Sharon A. Levine, MD, AGSF, with the 2011 Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award, given annually to an AGS member who has provided outstanding leadership in advancing geriatrics education in health professions schools. Dr. Levine will be presented with the award on May 13, 2011, at the AGS Annual […]
At-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a groundbreaking study published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. Read about it here. Together with colleagues, BUSM Research Professor […]
BUSM researchers, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have identified a potential new biomarker and therapeutic target for melanoma. The novel cell screening method used in the study also clarifies the process behind tumor metastasis and may allow the identification of biomarkers for other aggressive cancers. The findings now appear online in Cancer Research. According […]
Rafael Ortega, MD, professor of anesthesiology at BUSM and anesthesiologist and vice-chair of academic affairs for the department of anesthesiology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), received a Letter of Commendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for producing a training video on pulse oximetry. The video, which has been distributed worldwide and is available in […]