Researchers identify possible drug target for prostate cancer
(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that the protein BRD4 could be an important new target to prevent castration-resistant prostate cancer metastases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 20, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Coronavirus Outbreaks Linked to Fraternity Houses are a Warning for College Campuses
Recent coronavirus outbreaks have been linked to fraternities at universities in Washington, California and Mississippi, and experts say it’s an example of what’s to come as many colleges reopen for in-person classes beginning in August.
At least 136 fraternity house residents and nine other students at the University of Washington in Seattle had tested positive for COVID-19 as of July 10 in what officials called a “Greek Row outbreak.” It “provides lessons for students as they consider their return to campus this fall,” said Dr. Geoffrey Gottlieb, chair of the university’s Advisor...
Source: TIME: Health - July 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katie Reilly Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Education Source Type: news
BU researcher outlines coronavirus media failures, harms, and recommendations
(Boston University School of Medicine) In a new JAMA editorial, a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher and a health research journalist outline common ways that media, governments, and industry and academic public relations press releases have incompletely and misleadingly reported coronavirus research, and how they can do better. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 13, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Largest study of prostate cancer genomics in Black Americans ids targets for therapies
(University of California - San Francisco) Black men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but few studies have investigated whether genetic differences in prostate tumors could have anything to do with these health disparities. Now, in the largest study of its kind to date, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Northwestern University have identified genes that are more frequently altered in prostate tumors from men of African ancestry compared to other racial groups. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
BU researchers: 'Gun culture 3.0' is missing link to understand US gun culture
(Boston University School of Medicine) A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study published in the Nature journal Humanities& Social Sciences Communications, shows that gun ownership means very different things in different parts of the United States. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New research uncovers COVID-19's impact on college student mental health and well-being
(Boston University) In college students, COVID-19 has increased depression rate and raised new barriers to mental healthcare. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New study outlines best practices for delivering care via telehealth
(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers describe how the SAMHSA-developed principles of trauma-informed care can be used during telehealth encounters in primary care and other specialties to help mitigate the isolating, traumatic effects of COVID-19. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
A memory game could help us understand brain injury
(Boston University) A Boston University team created a memory game for mice in order to examine the function of two different brain areas that process information about the sensation of touch and the memory of previous events. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Remdesivir can save more lives where ICUs are overwhelmed
Amid news that the United States has bought up virtually the entire global supply of remdesivir, a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study outlines how the drug could save lives in countries with less hospital capacity, such as South Africa, where COVID-19 is beginning to overwhelm intensive care units (ICUs). (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - July 7, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Remdesivir can save more lives where ICUs are overwhelmed: BU study
(Boston University School of Medicine) Amid news that the United States has bought up virtually the entire global supply of remdesivir, a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study outlines how the drug could save lives in countries with less hospital capacity, such as South Africa, where COVID-19 is beginning to overwhelm intensive care units (ICUs). (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 7, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
BU researchers design artificial genes to sense cellular responses to drugs
(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have developed and implemented a new way to better understand how human cells communicate with each other, how this communication. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
BU study: Nearly half of US youth have been stalked/harassed by partners
(Boston University School of Medicine) A new, first-of-its-kind Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study finds that 48% of 12-18-year-olds who have been in a relationship have been stalked or harassed by a partner, and 42% have stalked or harassed a partner. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
BU study: High deductible health plans are widening racial health gaps
(Boston University School of Medicine) The growing Black Lives Matter movement has brought more attention to the myriad structures that reinforce racial inequities, in everything from policing to hiring to maternal mortality. Now, a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study points to a previously-unidentified factor widening the racial health gap: high deductible health plans. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Researchers attempt new treatment approach for blood cancer
(Boston University School of Medicine) In an effort to improve the survival of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, a type of leukemia, researchers inhibited a specific protein (alpha5beta1 integrin) to decrease the number of large bone marrow cells (megakaryocytes) in an experimental model. An increase in megakaryocyte numbers is thought to be the cause of many problems observed in this disease. This type of treatment approach has never been attempted before. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Heat may kill more people in US than previously reported: BU and UBC study
(Boston University School of Medicine) As temperatures rise this summer, a new study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health (UBC SPPH) researchers finds that thousands of U.S. deaths may be attributable to heat each year, far more than the 600 deaths previously estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
