The Androgen Clinical Research Unit (ACRU) at Boston Medical Center in conjunction with Boston University is dedicated to conducting research that advances the understanding of the effects of testosterone administration on various clinical outcomes. The mission at ACRU is to evaluate the effects of testosterone on physical function, sexual function, muscle strength, metabolism, cardiovascular risks, […]
The Outreach Van Project (OVP) is in search of physicians to supervise medical efforts on Thursday evenings. OVP does not require any specific physician specialty, skills, or language fluency. The care OVP provides is very basic and anything physicians are not comfortable treating is referred to Boston Medical Center (BMC). The van serves patients in […]
According to researchers from BUSM’s departments of urology and pathology, neuropathy appears to follow vascular insult in arteriogenic Erectile Dysfunction (ED). In a recently published study in the British Journal of Urology the researchers found that neural injury in penile ischaemia involves a neurovascular phenomenon mediated by oxidative free radicals. “Mitochondrial structural damage and increased […]
BUSM researchers have found that individuals who have a long history of alcoholism, but who have been abstinent for at least a month up to many years, showed abnormal brain activity when looking at facial expressions of others. The findings, which appear in the August 11 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, confirm that […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that endoscopic surgery is a valid treatment option for treating esthesioneuroblastoma (cancer of the nasal cavity), in addition to traditional open surgery and nonsurgical treatments. These findings appear in the July issue of Laryngoscope. Esthesioneuroblastoma is a very rare cancer that develops in the upper […]
Boston University School of Medicine researchers (BUSM) have observed in a study of pregnant women that consumption of at least seven servings per day of fruits and vegetables moderately reduced the risk of developing an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). The BUSM study appears online in the journal Public Health Nutrition. URTIs include the common […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and collaborators have discovered and analyzed several new compounds, collectively called the ‘‘EUK-400 series,” which could someday be used to prevent radiation-induced injuries to kidneys, lungs, skin, intestinal tract and brains of radiological terrorism victims. The findings, which appear in the July issue of the Journal of […]
In the normal lung, the airways are lined by a balanced mixture of ciliated, secretory and neuroendocrine cells which perform functions as diverse as air humidification, detoxification, and clearance of environmental particles. This balance can be altered dramatically by faulty adaptation responses of the lung to cigarette smoke or allergens in patients with Chronic Obstructive […]
Researchers at BUSM, the Naval Medical Research Center and the National Institutes of Health, have solved the structure of thin hair-like fibers called “pili” or “fimbriae” on the surface of bacteria that cause traveler’s diarrhea. The findings, appear in the June issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and have important implications […]
BUSM Professor Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc, FACG, FASGE is a coeditor of Curbside Consultation in IBD: 49 Clinical Questions, a concise reference book recently published by Slack Incorporated. The book provides concise and practical answers to questions that are not often answered by other IBD references. This unique volume offers expert advice, preferences, and […]