Boston University

Public Health

Kristin Sippl, Boston University, gold mining, public health, public safety

Public Safety

Quicksilver for Quick Gold

June 23, 2014

Boston University Medical Campus, Boston University School of Social Work, SSW, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, CISWH

Health & Medicine

$12.5 Million Gift Creates Innovative Center for Social Work, Health

April 25, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, asthma and depression research professor Patricia Coogan

Research

Depression Linked to Asthma Onset in African American Women

April 8, 2014

Julie Palmer, professor of epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, medical research ignores women, gender bias in medical research

Medicine

Why Medical Research Often Ignores Women

March 28, 2014

Boston University BU, Student Health Services, Sex At Sunset Cantina, Condom Fairy

Student Health Services

Sex at the Sunset Tonight

March 25, 2014

op-ed, opinion editorial column, point of view POV, Philip Seymour Hoffman, heroin overdose, public health, drugs, addition treatment

Health & Medicine

POV: Let’s Get Serious about Treating Addiction

March 21, 2014

Boston University BU,Cathy Shine Lecture, Sidney Wolfe, School of Public Health SPH, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group,

Public Health

FDA Watchdog Speaks Out on Dangerous Drugs and Docs

March 4, 2014

Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, Tenth Annual Pike Lecture on Health Law, Boston University, School of Public Health, SPH, BU School of Law, LAW

Public Health

Top Military Health Official: Meeting Needs of America’s Soldiers

February 12, 2014

surgeon general warning, smoking, tobacco, smoking kills, anti-smoking organizations, anti-smoking advertising

Health & Medicine

POV: Antismoking Movement Has Been Co-Opted

February 11, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, first ever internet based fetility study, online fertility study

Health & Medicine

Internet-Based Study Aims to Help Infertile Couples

February 10, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, infant malnurtrition research, associate professor Kirk Dearden

Nutrition

Consequences of Malnutrition May Be Reversible Later in Childhood

January 13, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, Department of radiology, Boston Medical Center BMC, Ducksoo Kim, director of the vascular and interventional radiology fellowship, Karen Buch, condoms nanotechnology, sexual health, Grand Challenges Explorations Programs, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Health & Medicine

MED Prof Wins Gates Foundation Condom Challenge

December 10, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, alcohol research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, popular music

Health & Medicine

Alcohol Companies Marketing with Music Lyrics

December 5, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Drugs

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

Food and Drug Administration FDA, trans fats ban

Health & Medicine

POV: Banning Trans Fats Is Just the Beginning

November 15, 2013

United States military, US military, veterans, war veterans, health issues

Health & Medicine

Helping Veterans with Unseen Injuries

November 11, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, Nancy Brady, Ebola, Kibaale District of Uganda

Research

Lessons from a Hot Zone

November 7, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, New England Infectious Disease Laboratory NEIDL, contagious diseases clearance, tuberculosis research, Boston Public Health Commission, Institutional Biosafety Committee ISB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Science & Technology

Higher-Level TB Research to Begin at NEIDL

October 31, 2013

Paul Campos, The Obesity Myth: Why America’s Obsession with Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health book, professor of law, University of Colorado at Boulder

Nutrition

Focusing on Weight May Be Hazardous to Your Health

October 22, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health, research, professor Jonathan Levy, airport airplane pollution, heart disease

Research

Living Near an Airport Could be Bad for Your Heart

October 21, 2013

Living Near an Airport Could be Bad for Your Heart