(6/22/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake blogs for U.S. News & World Report. “The next time you walk down the street, look up from your smartphone and do some people watching. According to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine published today, almost every other male and every third female you’re eyeing will be overweight or obese…” […]
(6/22/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “We need more research, but to me, you can try [frontloading calories] if you don’t have any medical issues.” View full article
The Foundation for Physical Therapy recognized Boston University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program with honorable mention for their fundraising efforts through the 2014-2015 Miami-Marquette Challenge. Honorable Mention is awarded to schools who contribute $3,000 or more to the annual student-led Challenge. The award recipients of the 2014-2015 Miami-Marquette Challenge were announced during the Foundation’s 2015 […]
(6/17/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “Nothing dramatic is going to happen biochemically.” View full article
(6/15/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake blogs for U.S. News & World Report’ “Eat & Run”. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the leading causes of death among males include heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, all of which, luckily, can be combated with a knife and fork…” View full article.
William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, delivered the 2015 Sargent College Commencement Address on Sunday, May 17, 2015. View video
(6/9/15) Clinical Professor Karen Jacobs quoted. Expert quote: “Together we can identify where you’re having inflammation and discomfort.” View full article
(6/8/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “The liver is a great organ, and the kidneys are, too. They allow you to get rid of waste products that the body doesn’t need.” View full article
(6/1/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “This puts you in control of the food, not the other way around. If you restrict eating a food to only once a week, it perpetuates the ‘all or nothing’ mentality. So when you allow yourself to eat it, you binge on it like it’s the […]
The Master of Science Program in Speech-Language Pathology offers the following Summer 2015 information sessions: Friday, June 19 at 4:00 Friday, July 17 at 4:00 Friday, August 21 at 4:00 To RSVP, please contact Allie Michels.
Sargent MSOT Sammi Saunders discusses her inspiration for becoming an Occupational Therapist. View full article.
(5/28/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert Quote: “Americans have the safest food supply in the entire world. If you have someone who has absolutely no background in science and nutrition saying these things just to scare people out of eating food, that’s a disservice.” View full article
(5/15/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert Quote: “This is a consumer trend. People want to be able to pronounce ingredients on the foods that they’re eating and are skeptical when they can’t.” View full article
(5/11/15, OncologyNurseAdvisor) “In a new study, Clinical Professor of Health Sciences Eileen O’Keefe and colleagues from Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College and Slone Epidemiology Center in Massachusetts, report major changes in cancer mortality in African Americans and Caucasians during the first decade of the 21st century. The researchers analyzed representative […]
(5/11/15) Director of Services at BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Dori Hutchinson quoted. Expert quote: “I really feel there’s a lot of stigma around those issues. There’s enormous shame when a student is diagnosed that I think comes from our society, comes from people’s families. Part of what we’re doing in our suicide prevention efforts […]