Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that both physical and sexual abuse history were positively associated with a higher incidence of uterine fibroids later in life. These findings currently appear on-line in the journal Epidemiology. Uterine leiomyomas, also known as fibroids or myomas, are benign, hormone-dependent tumors that are clinically symptomatic […]
Five U.S. federal agencies recently cosponsored a set of expert work groups to formulate common data elements for research related to psychological adjustment and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Danny G. Kaloupek, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at Boston University School of Medicine, chaired the work group on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. […]
Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH, chair and professor of family medicine at BUSM and chief of family medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC), is the recipient of the 2010 Maurice Wood Award for Lifetime Contribution to Primary Care Research. The award is given annually to a researcher who has made outstanding contributions to primary care research […]
The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January is estimated to have killed or injured more than a half a million people. It left one million Haitians homeless. While the international community launched major aid missions, members of the BU Medical Campus responded with an outpouring of assistance through donations to organizations doing relief work […]
Atherosclerosis is the number one killer in the Western world. In order to find better treatments for this disease, researchers have attempted to explain the molecular details of how fats and cholesterol are transported in the body and what important factors affect this transport. One such factor is oxidation, which until recently was believed to […]
The National Institutes of Health is expanding the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a groundbreaking study that will recruit hundreds of new volunteers to help define the subtle changes that may take place in the brains of older people many years before overt symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear. Boston University is one of two sites […]
A team of researchers from Boston University’s Center for Regenerative Medicine and the Pulmonary Center have generated 100 new lines of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) from individuals with lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis and emphysema. The new stem cell lines could possibly lead to new treatments for these debilitating diseases. The findings, which […]
Mary Rafferty McClain an instructor in BUSM’s department of pediatrics was honored with the Salve Regina University 2010 Nursing Alumni Achievement Award during its recent Fall Festival Weekend. McClain, program director for the Massachusetts Center for SIDS/Infant and Child Death Bereavement Program, received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Salve Regina and her master’s in […]
Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been awarded a four year, $5.7 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for investigators from BUSM to create the Center for Health Insurance Reform, Cardiovascular Outcomes and Disparities. The goal of the Center will be to better understand the effects of Massachusetts health reform on […]
Despite the promising results of the “Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trial,” featured in the Oct. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Harold Lazar, MD, a professor of cardiothoracic surgery and Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Laboratories at BUSM believes that surgical aortic-valve replacement should remain the standard treatment of aortic […]